What SPATES Means
SPATES is a form of SPAT, which means:
- verb: come down like raindrops“Bullets were spatting down on us”
- verb: become permanently attached“mollusks or oysters spat”
- noun: a quarrel about petty points
- noun: a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SPATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 P3 A1 T1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of SPATES (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SPATES
101 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.
5 letter words (24)
APSESASSETEASTSPASESPASSEPASTEPASTSPATESPEATSPESTSSATESSEATSSEPTASEPTSSPAESSPATESPATSSPEATSPETSSTAPSSTEPSTAPESTASSETEPAS
4 letter words (39)
APESAPSEAPTSASPSATESEASTEATSESTSETASPASEPASSPASTPATEPATSPEASPEATPESTPETSPSSTSAPSSATESEASSEATSEPSSEPTSETASETSSPAESPASSPATSPETSTAPSTEPTAESTAPETAPSTASSTEASTEPA
3 letter words (27)
2 letter words (11)
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