Unscramble PIRATES to get 247 words. PIRATES itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 10 in Words With Friends. It has 7 anagrams at 9 points each, among them PAIREST, PARTIES and PASTIER. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. PIRATES as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PIRATES by length: 8 with 7 letters, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
33 of 39 6-letter words in PIRATES tie at 8 points; none scores more. PRAISE, PRIEST and PIRATE will look familiar.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PIRATES come to 60, each scoring 7 points. PARTS, SPARE and PAIRS are the familiar ones.
56 of 60 4-letter words from PIRATES tie at 6 points; none scores more. PART, PAST and TIPS will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in PIRATES, the top score is 5, reached by 26. ARE, ITS and SET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of PIRATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with PI · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
What PIRATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PIRATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIRATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 247) | 202 | 247 | 193 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PAIREST, PAIRES, PARTIS, PEARST, PERAIS, PETARS, PIERST, PIERTS, PTERIA, TRAPSE, APERT, EPRIS and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PRATIES, PRATIE, SITREP, ARTSIE, PST, ATS, EST, RAI and TE, 9 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of PIRATES plus a single extra one.