Unscramble SALTATES and you have 172 words, SALTATES itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 7 points, ATLASES, LATESTS and SALTATE among them. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SALTATES split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 17 with 6, 46 with 5, 55 with 4, 34 with 3 and 13 with 2.
All 46 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SALTATES score 5 points. STATE, SALES and LEAST are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from SALTATES come to 55, each scoring 4 points. LAST, SALE and TEST are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SALTATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ATLASES, LATESTS, SALTEST and STALEST (7 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SALTATES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALTATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 146 | 172 | 137 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SALTATES, SALTATE, TASLETS, SALETS, STEALT, TASLET, ETATS, LEATS, LESTS, SALET, SALSE, SLAES and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SALATS, SALAT, TASES, ESTS, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 9 in all.