Hidden inside vdates is one standout: staved, a six-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 71 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
VDATES isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to STAVED (verb, form of stave), to drive or thrust away, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
staved is the highest-scoring word from vdates, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 71 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling vdates produces exactly one six-letter word: staved. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 10 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in vdates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dates and saved. For points, the strongest plays are devas and saved — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in vdates produces 23 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with date, east and eats. For points, the strongest plays are deva and devs — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling vdates turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ads, ate and eat. For points, the strongest play is dev — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in vdates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, as, and at. For points, the strongest plays are ad, da, de, and ed — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
6 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in vdates plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in vdates 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.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is staved, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from vdates 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 vdates produce 71 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 10 five-letter words, 23 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.