Hidden inside targate is one standout: regatta, a seven-letter play worth 8 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 69 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
TARGATE isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to REGATTA (noun), a boat race, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
regatta is the highest-scoring word from targate, worth 8 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 69 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling targate produces exactly one seven-letter word: regatta. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling targate produces exactly one six-letter word: target. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 14 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in targate. If a familiar word is all you need, start with great and treat. For points, the strongest plays are agate, gater, grate, great, retag, targa, targe, and terga — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in targate produces 17 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with area, gate, rage, rate, and tear. For points, the strongest plays are agar, ager, areg, gate, gear, geta, grat, raga, and rage — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling targate turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, are, art, ate, ear, eat, and era. For points, the strongest plays are aga, age, erg, gae, gar, gat, get, rag, reg, tag, and teg — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
2 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in targate plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in targate and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is regatta, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and no other word from targate 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 targate produce 69 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 14 five-letter words, 17 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.