Unscramble PLAYDATES and you have 266 words, PLAYDATES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PLAYDATE, 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PLAYDATES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 9 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PLAYDATES, PLAYED, SPAYAD and SPAYED tie for first at 12 points. PLATES, STAYED and DELAYS are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from PLAYDATES, the top score is 11, reached by 6. STYLE, TYPES and DELAY are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PLAYDATES; 16 of them share the top score of 9. DAYS, TYPE and PLAY are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from PLAYDATES, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. DAY, YES and SAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PLAYDATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PL · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
PLAYDATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PLAYDATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAYDATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 266) | 200 | 266 | 188 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
66 of the 266 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DAYTALES, SPAYAD, APAYD, DAYTALE, PALAYS, PAYSD, SPAYD, SYPED, YPLAST, ALAYED, APAYS, AYELP and 54 more. 12 of the 266 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PLAYSET, SPALTED, SAYED, YEPS, DEPS, DEP, YAS, PST, DAS, EDS, DA and TE.