Is RATES a word?
RATES is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 12 other words, plus 56 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, RATES is a valid word.
What does rates mean?
noun: a local tax on property (usually used in the plural).
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
RATES: word details
- Pronunciation: RAYTS (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 5 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 5 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so RATES 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 rates
Shorter words inside rates
Words you can make from the letters of rates.
Solve a whole rack, not just RATES
RATES 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 RATES mean?
RATES is a noun. It means: a local tax on property (usually used in the plural).
Is RATES a valid word?
Yes, RATES is a valid word. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 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.