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Unscramble PASTES: 88 words from the letters P A S T E S

PASTES is an anagram of SPATES and STAPES. The letters make 88 words in total, 64 of them common.

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6-letter words using every letter (3)

Shorter words from PASTES

5-letter words (21)

  • tapes7 points
  • paste7 points
  • steps7 points
  • asset5 points
  • seats5 points
  • pasts7 points
  • pates7 points
  • pests7 points
  • spate7 points
  • spats7 points
  • apses7 points
  • septa7 points
  • sates5 points
  • septs7 points
  • tasse5 points
  • pases7 points
  • passe7 points
  • peats7 points
  • spaes7 points
  • tepas7 points
  • easts5 points

4-letter words (33)

  • pass6 points
  • past6 points
  • step6 points
  • tape6 points
  • east4 points
  • eats4 points
  • sets4 points
  • seat4 points
  • apes6 points
  • pate6 points
  • pats6 points
  • peas6 points
  • peat6 points
  • pest6 points
  • pets6 points
  • saps6 points
  • spas6 points
  • spat6 points
  • taps6 points
  • seas4 points
  • teas4 points
  • apse6 points
  • asps6 points
  • psst6 points
  • sate4 points
  • etas4 points
  • pase6 points
  • sept6 points
  • spae6 points
  • seta4 points
  • tass4 points
  • tepa6 points
  • ates4 points

3-letter words (23)

  • ate3 points
  • eat3 points
  • sat3 points
  • set3 points
  • tea3 points
  • apt5 points
  • pat5 points
  • pet5 points
  • tap5 points
  • ass3 points
  • sea3 points
  • ape5 points
  • pas5 points
  • pea5 points
  • sap5 points
  • spa5 points
  • asp5 points
  • eta3 points
  • pes5 points
  • ess3 points
  • sae3 points
  • tae3 points
  • tas3 points

2-letter words (8)

  • as2 points
  • at2 points
  • pa4 points
  • es2 points
  • ta2 points
  • pe4 points
  • et2 points
  • ae2 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 88
  • By usage: 51 very common, 13 common, 24 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. pastes 8
  2. spates 8
  3. stapes 8
  4. apses 7
  5. pases 7
  6. passe 7
  7. paste 7
  8. pasts 7
  9. pates 7
  10. peats 7

Most common

  1. tapes
  2. pass
  3. past
  4. step
  5. tape
  6. east
  7. eats
  8. sets
  9. ate
  10. eat

Definitions

stapes (noun)
The stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea.

The letters P A S T E S can be rearranged into 88 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 TAPES, PASS and PAST appear near the top of each group. The highest-scoring option is PASTES at 8 points before any board multiplier.

How to use this page

To solve a different rack, edit the letters above and press unscramble. To explore, follow the links on words that have their own page and see what their letters make.

Tips

Studying a rack like PASTES is a good vocabulary exercise. Cover the list, write down every word you can find in two minutes, then compare with the page and read the definitions for the ones you missed. The words you learn this way come back the next time the same letters appear on your rack, which happens more often than you would expect with common letters. Repeat with a few of the linked words for extra practice, and keep a note of the ones that surprised you.

Questions

Is PASTES an anagram of another word?

Yes. PASTES is an anagram of SPATES and STAPES. The exact-length anagrams are listed first on this page.

What if my rack has a blank?

Add a question mark to the letters in the search box. The tool treats it as any letter and underlines the letter each blank stands in for. You can add up to three blanks.