Unscramble SPACEST and you get 164 words; SPACEST itself is not one of them. The best is ASPECTS at 11 points. 5 shorter words score 10, among them SPACES, ASPECT and SCAPES. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SPACEST by length: 1 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 11 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with SPACEST letters: ASPECTS, 11 points.
Of the 42 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPACEST, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. SPACE, CASES and STEPS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from SPACEST, the top score is 8, reached by 8. CASE, EAST and PAST are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SPACEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with AS · ending in TS · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ASPECTS (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
None of the three games accepts SPACEST itself. Its letters still make 164 playable words, split by game below.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPACEST itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 164) | 149 | 164 | 137 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCEATS, SPEATS, SCEAT, SPEAT, SPETS, STAPS, AESC, APTS, CEAS, SPET, STAP, TAES and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SPECTS, SPECT, SEPS, TECS, PST, TASES, TEC, ESTS, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 12 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SPACEST spell the words below.