Unscramble STEALES and you have 169 words, STEALES itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of STEALES are on the page: ALTESSE and TEASELS, each 7 points. 20 shorter words score 6, among them LEASES, STEALS and STEELS. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. STEALES as a single 7-tile play makes 57 in Scrabble, 7 plus the 50 bonus, and 43 in Words With Friends (8 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from STEALES by length: 3 with 7 letters, 20 with 6, 45 with 5, 56 with 4, 32 with 3 and 13 with 2.
All 45 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STEALES score 5 points. SALES, LEAST and STEEL are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from STEALES come to 56, each scoring 4 points. LAST, SALE and LESS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of STEALES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by TEASELS (7 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: STEALES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEALES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 140 | 169 | 132 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALTESSE, STEALES, EASLES, EASSEL, SALETS, SLEEST, STEALE, EALES, EASLE, LEATS, LESTS, SALET and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TASES, ESSE, ESTS, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 8 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of STEALES plus a single extra one.