Unscramble TAPENADES to get 260 words. TAPENADES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. TAPENADE is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from TAPENADES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with TAPENADES letters: TAPENADE, 11 points.
Of the 44 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TAPENADES, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. SENATE, NESTED and SEATED are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from TAPENADES; 18 of them share the top score of 8. SPEED, DATES and SPENT are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from TAPENADES, the top score is 7, reached by 10. DATE, DATA and PAST are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words in TAPENADES tie at 6 points; none scores more. SEE, END and NET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of TAPENADES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
TAPENADES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TAPENADES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAPENADES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 260) | 209 | 260 | 187 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: ESPADA, NEAPED, PEANED, PEASED, PESANTE, SPANED, APTED, PANDS, PENED, PESANT, SEPAD, STEANED and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: TAPENADES, TAPENADE, PANTSED, NEPETAS, NAPED, NEPETA, DEPS, NAPAS, PAANS, DEP, NAPA, PAAN and 10 more.