Hidden inside states sit states, tasset, and tastes, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 6 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 64 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble ATTSSE, ETSAST or SASTTE and you get the same 6 letters as STATES: so the words from STATES listed below are the words from those scrambles too.
states, tasset, and tastes tie for the highest Scrabble score from states at 6 points. The top 10 of 64 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 3 six-letter words hiding in states: two come from rearranging its letters, and states itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with states and tastes. For points, the strongest plays are states, tasset, and tastes — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 15 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in states. If a familiar word is all you need, start with seats, state and stats. For points, 15 words tie at 5 points, including seats, state and stats.
Rearranging the letters in states produces 21 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with east, eats and seas. For points, 21 words tie at 4 points, including east, eats and seas.
Unscrambling states turns up 18 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ass, ate and eat. For points, 18 words tie at 3 points, including ass, ate and eat.
15 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in states plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in states and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
states is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
Both totals match, because every tile in states carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
states is one of three six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing states unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are states, tasset, and tastes, worth 6 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from states earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in states produce 64 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 3 six-letter words, 15 five-letter words, 21 four-letter words, 18 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.