Unscramble DATES
We found 59 words that can be made from the letters in DATES — the longest are 5 letters.
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Direct Anagrams of DATES (5)
These are words made by rearranging all the letters of DATES:
Words Made from DATES (59 total)
4-Letter Words (17)
76 pts3-Letter Words (22)
74 pts1-Letter Words (1)
1 ptsPlain text list — all 59 words from DATES
DATES, SATED, STADE, STEAD, TEADS, TSADE, DAES, DATE, SADE, STED, TADS, TAED, TEAD, TEDS, ATES, EAST, EATS, ETAS, SATE, SEAT, SETA, TAES, TEAS, ADS, DAE, DAS, EDS, SAD, SED, TAD, TED, ATE, ATS, EAS, EAT, EST, ETA, SAE, SAT, SEA, SET, TAE, TAS, TEA, TES, AD, DA, DE, ED, AE, AS, AT, EA, ES, ET, ST, TA, TE, A
What makes DATES interesting
- Letter make-up: 2 vowels (A, E) and 3 consonants (D, T, S) — a vowel ratio of 40%.
- Highest-value tile: D at 2 Scrabble points (2 in Words With Friends). Build around it when a premium square is available.
- Score ranking: at 6 points, DATES scores higher than 9% of all 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Dictionary status: valid in TWL. See what each dictionary covers →
- Wordle: DATES is five letters, so it is a structurally valid guess. Wordle would accept it.
- Alphabetical signature:
adest— every word sharing this signature is an anagram of DATES.
Words hidden inside DATES
These valid words appear as an unbroken run of letters inside DATES: DATE, ATES, ATE, TES.
Best plays from DATES
The longest words you can build from this rack are SATED (6 pts), STADE (6 pts), STEAD (6 pts), TEADS (6 pts), TSADE (6 pts), ATES (4 pts).
About Unscrambling DATES
The letters DATES (d, a, t, e, s) can be rearranged into 59 different words, the longest of which are 5-letter words. Every one of those words is listed in full above — nothing is hidden behind a click or a script.
Definition: an unscramble is the act of rearranging a jumbled set of letters back into valid dictionary words. Unlike a simple anagram (which must use every letter exactly once), unscrambling also finds every shorter sub-word that can be built from a subset of those letters.
DATES is a valid word in the TWL dictionary, worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words With Friends before board multipliers.
Letter Values in DATES
- D = 2 Scrabble points · 2 WWF points
- A = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
- T = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
- E = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
- S = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
How We Calculated These Words
Every candidate above was looked up by its alphabetical signature— the letters of the word sorted into A–Z order. Two words share a signature if and only if they contain the same letters, which is what makes anagram and sub-anagram lookups instant instead of O(n!). We then subtract each candidate's per-letter counts from your input's counts, drawing on the wildcard pool for any deficit, so only words you actually have the tiles to spell are returned. Read the full methodology →
Frequently asked about DATES
How many words can you make from DATES?
59 valid dictionary words can be made from the letters in DATES, ranging from 2 letters up to 5 letters. Every one of them is listed on this page.
Is DATES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. DATES appears in TWL dictionary and is worth 6 points in Scrabble before any board multipliers.
What is an anagram of DATES?
DATES has 5 direct anagrams: SATED, STADE, STEAD, TEADS, TSADE. A direct anagram uses every letter of DATES exactly once.
Can DATES be a Wordle answer?
DATES is five letters long and is a real dictionary word, so it is a structurally valid Wordle guess. It contains 2 vowels (A, E), which makes it a reasonable opener.