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TAKES shares its exact letters with KETAS, so both pages return the same word list. We treat KETAS as the primary page for this letter set.

Unscramble TAKES

We found 65 words that can be made from the letters in TAKES — the longest are 5 letters.

Dictionary last updated · Compiled by The DoUnscrambler Editorial Team · How we generate these lists

TAKES— Letter Tiles & Points
9
Scrabble
9
WWF

Direct Anagrams of TAKES (5)

These are words made by rearranging all the letters of TAKES:

Words Made from TAKES (65 total)

1-Letter Words (1)

1 pts
Plain text list — all 65 words from TAKES

KETAS, SKATE, STAKE, STEAK, TAKES, TEAKS, AKES, KAES, KATS, KEAS, KEST, KETA, KETS, SAKE, SEKT, SKAT, SKET, TAKE, TAKS, TASK, TEAK, AKE, ASK, KAE, KAS, KAT, KEA, KET, SKA, TAK, TSK, KA, ATES, EAST, EATS, ETAS, SATE, SEAT, SETA, TAES, TEAS, ATE, ATS, EAS, EAT, EST, ETA, SAE, SAT, SEA, SET, TAE, TAS, TEA, TES, AE, AS, AT, EA, ES, ET, ST, TA, TE, A

What makes TAKES interesting

  • Letter make-up: 2 vowels (A, E) and 3 consonants (T, K, S) — a vowel ratio of 40%.
  • Rare letters: K — uncommon in English, which is why the derived list is shorter than a rack of the same length made of common letters.
  • Highest-value tile: K at 5 Scrabble points (5 in Words With Friends). Build around it when a premium square is available.
  • Score ranking: at 9 points, TAKES scores higher than 49% of all 5-letter words in our dictionary.
  • Dictionary status: valid in TWL. See what each dictionary covers →
  • Wordle: TAKES is five letters, so it is a structurally valid guess. Wordle would accept it.
  • Alphabetical signature: aekst — every word sharing this signature is an anagram of TAKES.

Hooks for TAKES

A hook is a single letter that extends an existing word already on the board. Front hooks: S.

Words hidden inside TAKES

These valid words appear as an unbroken run of letters inside TAKES: TAKE, AKES, TAK, AKE.

Best plays from TAKES

The longest words you can build from this rack are KETAS (9 pts), SKATE (9 pts), STAKE (9 pts), STEAK (9 pts), TEAKS (9 pts), AKES (8 pts).

About Unscrambling TAKES

The letters TAKES (t, a, k, e, s) can be rearranged into 65 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.

TAKES is a valid word in the TWL dictionary, worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends before board multipliers.

Letter Values in TAKES

  • T = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • A = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • K = 5 Scrabble points · 5 WWF points
  • 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 TAKES

How many words can you make from TAKES?

65 valid dictionary words can be made from the letters in TAKES, ranging from 2 letters up to 5 letters. Every one of them is listed on this page.

Is TAKES a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. TAKES appears in TWL dictionary and is worth 9 points in Scrabble before any board multipliers.

What is an anagram of TAKES?

TAKES has 5 direct anagrams: KETAS, SKATE, STAKE, STEAK, TEAKS. A direct anagram uses every letter of TAKES exactly once.

What letters hook onto TAKES?

Adding S to the front makes a longer valid word.

Can TAKES be a Wordle answer?

TAKES 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.