Unscramble PATINATES and you have 292 words, PATINATES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 5 of them, PATIENTS, ANTEPAST and APATITES included. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PATINATES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 28 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
20 of 28 7-letter words in PATINATES tie at 9 points; none scores more. PATIENT, PANTIES and PATENTS will look familiar.
Among 52 6-letter words from PATINATES, the top score is 8, reached by 37. PATENT, TITANS and PAINTS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PATINATES scores 7. SPENT, PAINT and PANTS are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with PATINATES letters come to 60, each scoring 6 points. PAST, TIPS and STEP are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PATINATES, 25 score 5 points, the group's best. ITS, NET and SAT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PATINATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
PATINATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PATINATES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATINATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 292) | 237 | 292 | 223 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
55 of the 292 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INAPTEST, EPATANT, SPITTEN, TAPETIS, ASPINE, ATTAPS, NEPITS, PATTES, PESANT, PETTIS, PITTEN, SPINAE and 43 more. 14 of the 292 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PITTAS, AETATIS, NAPAS, PAANS, PITTA, NAPA, PAAN, SEITAN, STATIN, PST, ATS, EST and 2 more.