260 words come out when you unscramble STEARATES, starting with STEARATES itself: 9 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 8: 4 of them, RESTATES, ESTREATS and RETASTES included. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Counting the words from STEARATES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 25 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 14 with 2.
The 7-letter words in STEARATES come to 25, each scoring 7 points. STREETS, ESTATES and TESTERS are the familiar ones.
All 59 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STEARATES score 6 points. STATES, ESTATE and STREET are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from STEARATES scores 5. STATE, START and RATES are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 4-letter words from STEARATES score 4 points. AREA, RATE and EAST are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of STEARATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What STEARATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STEARATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEARATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 260) | 206 | 260 | 192 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASTARTS, ASTERTS, SAETERS, SEARATS, STEARES, ARETTS, ASSART, ASTARE, ASTART, ASTERT, REASTS, REATES and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EASERS, TASERS, EASER, RESAT, RESES, TASER, TASES, ESSE, ESTS, TASE, ATS, EST and 2 more, 14 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of STEARATES and one more.