translates needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 10 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 462 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
translates is the highest-scoring word from translates, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 462 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in translates — and it is translates itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling translates turns up 4 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with translate. For points, the strongest plays are alterants, slatterns, tarletans, and translate — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 12 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in translates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with startles. For points, the strongest plays are alterant, arsenals, asternal, atlantes, salterns, santeras, sealants, slattern, starlets, startles, tarletan, and tartness — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in translates produces 38 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with startle and talents. For points, the strongest plays are anlases, antlers, arsenal, artless, astrals, atlases, lasters, latents, latests, lattens, latters, natters, rattans, rattens, rattles, rentals, saltant, saltern, salters, saltest, santera, sarsnet, sealant, slaters, stalest, starets, starlet, startle, staters, sternal, stratal, stratas, talents, tantras, tarsals, tartans, tasters, and tetanal — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling translates turns up 85 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alerts, altars, alters, lasers, latest, lattes, and learns. For points, the strongest plays are alants, alates, alerts, altars, alters, anears, ansate, antler, antral, antres, arenas, artels, aslant, assent, assert, astern, asters, astral, attars, estral, lanate, lasers, laster, latens, latent, latest, latten, latter, lattes, learns, learnt, leasts, nasals, natter, rassle, ratals, ratans, ratels, rattan, ratten, rattle, reatas, rental, salats, salter, sanest, sansar, sarans, sarsen, slants, slater, slates, snares, snarls, staler, stales, stanes, stares, starts, statal, stater, states, steals, stelar, stents, sterna, sterns, strata, talars, talent, talers, tantra, tarnal, tarsal, tartan, tasers, tassel, tasset, taster, tastes, tatars, taters, teslas, tetras, and treats — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 133 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in translates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alert, altar, alter, areas, earns, lanes, and laser. For points, the strongest plays are alane, alans, alant, alate, alert, altar, alter, anear, anlas, ansae, antae, antas, antes, antra, antre, areal, areas, arena, arles, arses, artal, artel, asset, aster, atlas, attar, earls, earns, easts, elans, etnas, lanes, lares, larns, larnt, laser, lases, lasts, laten, later, latte, leans, leant, learn, lears, least, nalas, nares, nasal, natal, nates, nears, neats, nerts, nests, netts, rales, rants, rases, ratal, ratan, ratel, rates, reals, reata, renal, rents, resat, rests, salat, sales, salsa, salts, saner, sanes, saran, sates, seals, sears, seats, sensa, sents, seral, setal, setts, slant, slate, slats, snare, snarl, stale, stane, stans, stare, stars, start, state, stats, steal, stela, stent, stern, stets, taels, talar, talas, taler, tales, tares, tarns, tarts, taser, tases, tasse, taste, tatar, tater, tates, teals, tears, teats, tents, terns, tesla, testa, tests, tetra, trans, trass, treat, tress, trets, and tsars — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in translates produces 114 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ants, area, arts, earn, ears, east, and eats. For points, the strongest plays are aals, alae, alan, alar, alas, ales, alts, anal, anas, anes, ansa, anta, ante, ants, area, ares, arse, arts, asea, ates, earl, earn, ears, east, eats, elan, eras, erns, erst, ests, etas, etna, lane, larn, lars, lase, lass, last, late, lats, lean, lear, leas, lens, lent, less, lest, lets, naes, nala, nare, near, neat, ness, nest, nets, nett, rale, rant, rase, rate, rats, real, rent, rest, rets, sale, sals, salt, sane, sans, sate, seal, sear, seas, seat, sels, sent, sera, sers, seta, sets, sett, slat, stan, star, stat, stet, tael, tala, tale, tans, tare, tarn, tars, tart, tase, tass, tate, tats, teal, tear, teas, teat, tela, tels, tens, tent, tern, test, tets, tres, tret, and tsar — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling translates turns up 57 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant, are, art, ass, ate, ear, and eat. For points, the strongest plays are aal, aas, ala, ale, als, alt, ana, ane, ant, are, ars, art, ass, ate, ats, att, ear, eat, els, ens, era, ern, ers, ess, est, eta, lar, las, lat, lea, let, nae, net, ran, ras, rat, res, ret, sae, sal, san, sat, sea, sel, sen, ser, set, tae, tan, tar, tas, tat, tea, tel, ten, tes, and tet — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 18 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in translates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, and at. For points, the strongest plays are aa, ae, al, an, ar, as, at, el, en, er, es, et, la, na, ne, re, ta, and te — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in translates plus one additional letter.
translates 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.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record ten senses for translates. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
translates is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing translates unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is translates, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from translates 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 translates produce 462 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 4 nine-letter words, 12 eight-letter words, 38 seven-letter words, 85 six-letter words, 133 five-letter words, 114 four-letter words, 57 three-letter words and 18 two-letter words.