Unscramble POSTAGES and you have 226 words, POSTAGES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. POSTAGES has 1 anagram here, GESTAPOS, scoring 11 like POSTAGES itself. POSTAGE, GESTAPO and POTAGES are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POSTAGES by length: 2 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 19 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among 60 5-letter words from POSTAGES, the top score is 8, reached by 6. PAGES, POSTS and STAGE are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 4-letter words in POSTAGES tie at 7 points; none scores more. PAGE, POST and PAST will look familiar.
GAP and PEG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words made with POSTAGES letters. GET, TOP and SET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of POSTAGES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
POSTAGES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. POSTAGES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTAGES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 190 | 226 | 176 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: SAPEGO, GAPOS, GOATSES, POTAES, POTASS, SPAGS, SPEATS, STOEPS, APSOS, GAPO, GOATSE, POTAE and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: APOS, GOEST, OPAS, SEPS, APO, OPA, POS, PST, AGS, GOS, PO, ATS and 2 more.
With one more tile, the letters of POSTAGES spell the words below.