Unscramble STALES and you have 113 words, STALES itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. It has 6 anagrams, each with the same 6 points: LEASTS, SALETS, SLATES, STEALS, TASSEL and TESLAS. Among the shorter answers, 27 reach 5 points, SALES, LEAST and ASSET among them. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from STALES split into 7 with 6 letters, 27 with 5, 39 with 4, 28 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Every one of the 39 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STALES scores 4. LAST, SALE and LESS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of STALES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ES · all 6-letter words
The meaning of STALES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. STALES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STALES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 113) | 99 | 113 | 92 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SALETS, LEATS, LESTS, SALET, SALSE, SLAES, ELTS, LEAT, SLAE, TAES, EAS, ELT and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TASES, ESTS, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 7 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of STALES spell the words below.