Unscramble PASTORATES and you have 332 words, PASTORATES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, APOSTATES, PASTORATE and PROSTATES lead with 11 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PASTORATES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 17 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
12 of 17 8-letter words in PASTORATES tie at 10 points; none scores more. PROSTATE, PROTESTS and TOASTERS will look familiar.
Of the 48 7-letter words from PASTORATES, 34 score 9 points, the group's best. POSTERS, PROTEST and TOASTER are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PASTORATES come to 60, each scoring 8 points. POSTER, POTTER and PASTOR are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words in PASTORATES score 7 points. POSTS, PARTS and PORTS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words made with PASTORATES letters scores 6. POST, PART and PAST are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PASTORATES, the top score is 5, reached by 28. ARE, TOP and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PASTORATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; APOSTATES and PROSTATES (11 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PASTORATES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASTORATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 332) | 265 | 332 | 246 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 67 of them: PATTRESS, PORTASES, STARSPOT, APTOTES, ASPORTS, ATTRAPS, PASEARS, PETARAS, PORTATE, PORTESS, POTASSA, TRAPSES and 55 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: REPOSTS, AREPAS, REPOST, AREPA, OSETRAS, OSSETRA, PARAE, APOS, OPAS, SEPS, APO, OPA and 7 more.
This word takes every letter of PASTORATES plus a single extra one.