Possible Words From rates
Words from RATES by length: 13 with 5 letters, 31 with 4, 27 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with rates
13 words · top score 5 · everyday: RATES, TEARS, STARE
The 5-letter words made with RATES letters are 13: RATES itself and 12 anagrams, TERAS, TEARS and TASER and 9 more. Each scores 5 points.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with rates
31 words · top score 4 · everyday: RATE, EAST, STAR
The 4-letter words in RATES come to 31, each scoring 4 points. RATE, EAST and STAR are the familiar ones.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with rates
27 words · top score 3 · everyday: ARE, SET, ART
All 27 of the 3-letter words from RATES score 3 points. ARE, SET and ART are the ones most people know.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with rates
12 words · top score 2 · everyday: AT, AS
Every one of the 12 2-letter words you get when you unscramble RATES scores 2. AT and AS are everyday picks.
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Change One Tile in RATES
These 6 words have the length of RATES, with one letter different:
- T Y gives YEARS · words from years
- R T gives STATE · words from state
- T I gives RAISE · unscramble raise
- S W gives WATER · unscramble water
- A E gives TREES · unscramble trees
- E P gives PARTS · unscramble parts
More 5-letter words: starting with RA · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
What the Best RATES Words Mean
RATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
- RATES 5 · 5
- a local tax on property (usually used in the plural)
- ASTER 5 · 5
- any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
- RESAT 5 · 5
- to sit again
- STARE 5 · 5
- look at with fixed eyes
- TARES 5 · 5
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- TASER 5 · 5
- to stun using fired electrified darts
- TEARS 5 · 5
- the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
- TERAS 5 · 5
- (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
Is RATES Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
Yes. RATES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 83) | 70 | 83 | 62 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 13 of them: ARETS, EARST, REAST, STEAR, STRAE, TERAS, ARET, RAST, TAES, EAS, SAR, EA and 1 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: RESAT, TASER, TASE, TRES, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
83 words come out when you unscramble RATES, starting with RATES itself: 5 in Scrabble, 5 in Words With Friends. RATES has 12 anagrams here, ARETS, ASTER and EARST among them, all scoring 5 like RATES itself. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
Add a Letter to RATES
These 12 words take every letter of RATES plus a single extra one.