What DATES Means
DATES is a form of DATE, which means:
- noun: the specified day of the month“what is the date today?”
- noun: a participant in a date“his date never stopped talking”
- verb: go on a date with“Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart”
- verb: stamp with a date“The package is dated November 24”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 A1 T1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of DATES (5)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In DATES
52 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (17)
3 letter words (22)
2 letter words (13)
Longer Words Containing DATES
DATES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
AIRDATESANTEDATESBACKDATESBIRTHDATESCANDIDATESCAUDATESCHORDATESDECAUDATESDENUDATESDEODATESDEOXIDATESDEPREDATESELUCIDATESEMENDATESEXUDATESFECUNDATESFOREDATESGRADATESINUNDATESIODATESLAPIDATESLIQUIDATESMANDATESMISDATESMOLYBDATESNIDATESOUTDATESOXIDATESPERIODATESPLAYDATESPOSTDATESPREDATESRAINDATESREDATESSEDATESSEDATESTSOLIDATESSUDATESUPDATESVALIDATES
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.