Unscramble POSTDATES and you have 271 words, POSTDATES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: DESPOTATS. The strongest shorter words are DESPOTAT, PODESTAS and POSTDATE, 11 points each. The 9 letters split into 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 POSTDATES split into 2 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 10 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among 52 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTDATES, the top score is 9, reached by 19. POSTED, STATES and PASSED are the familiar ones.
21 of 60 5-letter words made with POSTDATES letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. POSTS, STEPS and ADOPT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTDATES, 13 score 7 points, the group's best. POST, PAST and STEP are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 3-letter words from POSTDATES tie at 6 points; none scores more. TOP, SAT and ASS will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of POSTDATES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What POSTDATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. POSTDATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTDATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 218 | 271 | 200 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 271 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DESPOTATS, DESPOTAT, SPADOES, APODES, APTOTES, ASSOTTED, PAEDOS, POSSED, SEPADS, SPADOS, APODE, APTED and 41 more. 18 of the 271 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOPEST, DEPS, APOS, DEP, OPAS, SEPS, APO, OPA, POS, PST, DAS, EDS and 6 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of POSTDATES and one more.