Unscramble SLATE and you have 81 words, SLATE itself among them: it scores 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. It has 11 anagrams at 5 points each, among them LEAST, LEATS and SALET. The best shorter words score 4: 31 of them, LAST, SALE and EAST included. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SLATE by length: 12 with 5 letters, 31 with 4, 26 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Keep every letter of SLATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with SL · ending in TE · all 5-letter words
SLATE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SLATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 81) | 71 | 81 | 66 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 10 of them: LEATS, SALET, ELTS, LEAT, SLAE, TAES, EAS, ELT, EA and ST. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of SLATE and one more.