Unscramble RATES
We found 83 words that can be made from the letters in RATES — the longest are 5 letters.
Dictionary last updated · Compiled by The DoUnscrambler Editorial Team · How we generate these lists
Direct Anagrams of RATES (12)
These are words made by rearranging all the letters of RATES:
Words Made from RATES (83 total)
5-Letter Words (13)
65 pts4-Letter Words (30)
120 pts3-Letter Words (27)
81 pts1-Letter Words (1)
1 ptsPlain text list — all 83 words from RATES
ARETS, ASTER, EARST, RATES, REAST, RESAT, STARE, STEAR, STRAE, TARES, TASER, TEARS, TERAS, ARES, ARET, ARSE, ARTS, ATES, EARS, EAST, EATS, ERAS, ERST, ETAS, RASE, RAST, RATE, RATS, REST, RETS, SATE, SEAR, SEAT, SERA, SETA, STAR, TAES, TARE, TARS, TEAR, TEAS, TRES, TSAR, ARE, ARS, ART, ATE, ATS, EAR, EAS, EAT, ERA, ERS, EST, ETA, RAS, RAT, RES, RET, SAE, SAR, SAT, SEA, SER, SET, TAE, TAR, TAS, TEA, TES, AE, AR, AS, AT, EA, ER, ES, ET, RE, ST, TA, TE, A
What makes RATES interesting
- Letter make-up: 2 vowels (A, E) and 3 consonants (R, T, S) — a vowel ratio of 40%.
- Highest-value tile: R at 1 Scrabble points (1 in Words With Friends). Build around it when a premium square is available.
- Score ranking: at 5 points, RATES scores higher than 0% of all 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Dictionary status: valid in TWL. See what each dictionary covers →
- Wordle: RATES is five letters, so it is a structurally valid guess. Wordle would accept it.
- Alphabetical signature:
aerst— every word sharing this signature is an anagram of RATES.
Hooks for RATES
A hook is a single letter that extends an existing word already on the board. Front hooks: C, G, O, P, U.
Words hidden inside RATES
These valid words appear as an unbroken run of letters inside RATES: RATE, ATES, RAT, ATE, TES.
Best plays from RATES
The longest words you can build from this rack are ARETS (5 pts), ASTER (5 pts), EARST (5 pts), REAST (5 pts), RESAT (5 pts), STARE (5 pts).
About Unscrambling RATES
The letters RATES (r, a, t, e, s) can be rearranged into 83 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.
RATES is a valid word in the TWL dictionary, worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words With Friends before board multipliers.
Letter Values in RATES
- R = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
- 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 RATES
How many words can you make from RATES?
83 valid dictionary words can be made from the letters in RATES, ranging from 2 letters up to 5 letters. Every one of them is listed on this page.
Is RATES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. RATES appears in TWL dictionary and is worth 5 points in Scrabble before any board multipliers.
What is an anagram of RATES?
RATES has 12 direct anagrams: ARETS, ASTER, EARST, REAST, RESAT, STARE, STEAR, STRAE, TARES, TASER. A direct anagram uses every letter of RATES exactly once.
What letters hook onto RATES?
Adding C, G, O, P, U to the front makes a longer valid word.
Can RATES be a Wordle answer?
RATES 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.