Is BATES a word?
BATES is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 7 other words, plus 42 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BATES is a valid word.
What does bates mean?
BATES is an inflected form of bate.
verb: moderate or restrain; lessen the force of.
“He bated his breath when talking about this affair”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BATES: word details
- Pronunciation: BAYTS (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 7 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so BATES works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of bates
Shorter words inside bates
Words you can make from the letters of bates.
Solve a whole rack, not just BATES
BATES is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does BATES mean?
BATES is an inflected form of bate and is a verb. It means: moderate or restrain; lessen the force of.
Is BATES a valid word?
Yes, BATES is a valid word. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.