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Unscramble MATES: 53 words from the letters M A T E S

MATES is an anagram of STEAM, TEAMS, MEATS, TAMES and SATEM. The letters make 53 words in total, 42 of them common.

Change the letters to solve a different rack.

5-letter words using every letter (6)

Shorter words from MATES

4-letter words (21)

  • same6 points
  • team6 points
  • east4 points
  • eats4 points
  • mate6 points
  • meat6 points
  • stem6 points
  • tame6 points
  • seat4 points
  • mast6 points
  • mats6 points
  • seam6 points
  • teas4 points
  • mesa6 points
  • tams6 points
  • sate4 points
  • etas4 points
  • seta4 points
  • maes6 points
  • meta6 points
  • ates4 points

3-letter words (16)

  • met5 points
  • ate3 points
  • eat3 points
  • sat3 points
  • set3 points
  • tea3 points
  • sea3 points
  • mas5 points
  • mat5 points
  • ems5 points
  • tam5 points
  • eta3 points
  • mae5 points
  • sae3 points
  • tae3 points
  • tas3 points

2-letter words (10)

  • am4 points
  • me4 points
  • as2 points
  • at2 points
  • em4 points
  • ma4 points
  • es2 points
  • ta2 points
  • et2 points
  • ae2 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 53
  • By usage: 33 very common, 9 common, 11 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. mates 7
  2. meats 7
  3. satem 7
  4. steam 7
  5. tames 7
  6. teams 7
  7. maes 6
  8. mast 6
  9. mate 6
  10. mats 6

Most common

  1. same
  2. team
  3. met
  4. am
  5. east
  6. eats
  7. me
  8. ate
  9. eat
  10. sat

Definitions

mates (noun)
A pair of people who live together.
steam (noun)
Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere.

The letters M A T E S can be rearranged into 53 different words. The exact anagrams come first, followed by every shorter word you can build from the same tiles, from the longest down to the two-letter plays. Common words such as SAME, TEAM and MET appear near the top of each group. The highest-scoring option is MATES at 7 points before any board multiplier.

How to use this page

Scan the longest group for the best plays, then the shorter groups for words that fit tight spots. Every chip shows a classic tile score; the quick facts pick out the top ten.

Tips

If you already know a few letters of the answer and their positions, the word finder is faster than reading this list. Enter a pattern with question marks for the unknown letters and only the fitting words appear. For a daily five-letter puzzle the five-letter finder does the same thing with cues for known, misplaced and excluded letters. Both tools share the dictionary used on this page, so the answers always agree with the lists you find here, whichever route you take.

Questions

How many words can you make from MATES?

53 words, using our dictionary. 5 of them use every letter and the rest are shorter words formed from some of the tiles. Every one of them is listed on this page.

What is the highest-scoring word from the letters of MATES?

MATES, at 7 points with classic tile values. That ignores board multipliers, so check where each candidate would land before choosing.