How many words with RATE are there?

This page lists 887 words with RATE from our dictionary, each shown with its Scrabble score.

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Words With RATE

All 887 words in our dictionary that contain RATE — sorted by Scrabble score.

887 words · number = Scrabble score · sorted highest score first

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exasperates20 exhilarate20 exuberated20 immoderately20 incommensurate20 intemperately20 overdecorated20 overelaborated20 presbyterates20 quadrated20 reorchestrated20 sequestrate20 stadtholderates20 strategize20 unadulteratedly20 vizirate20 vociferated20 camphorate19 celebratedness19 commemorate19 commiserated19 concelebrates19 confederated19 conglomerated19 conglomerateur19 considerately19 decemvirate19 deconcentrates19 deconsecrated19 dehydrated19 exaggerate19 exasperate19 execrated19 exenterated19 exuberates19 immoderateness19 inaccurately19 intemperateness19 nonbarbiturates19 overdecorates19 overelaborates19 perchlorates19 preponderated19 presbyterate19 quadrates19 reconcentrated19 reincorporated19 reorchestrates19 stadtholderate19 strategically19 temperatenesses19 unacculturated19 uncorroborated19 ungratefully19 unincorporated19 unrefrigerated19 vociferates19 accuratenesses18 bureaucrateses18 clofibrates18 commensurate18 commiserates18 concelebrate18 confederates18 conglomerates18 considerateness18 corporately18 decerebrated18 deconcentrate18 deconsecrates18 defenestrated18 dehydrates18 deliberately18 desperatenesses18 disparatenesses18 execrates18 exenterates18 exonerated18 exuberate18 fraternalisms18 gratefulnesses18 imperforate18 intercorporate18 interpenetrated18 invertebrates18 inveterately18 monounsaturated18 nonbarbiturate18 orchestrated18 orchestraters18 overdecorate18 overelaborate18 overoperated18 perchlorate18 perseverated18 postdoctorate18 preponderates18 professorates18 proliferated18 quadrate18 reaccelerated18 reconcentrates18 reconsecrated18 rehydrated18 reincorporates18 reinvigorated18 reorchestrate18 reverberated18 subtemperate18 temperately18 unconsecrated18 ungratefulness18 unregenerately18 vociferate18 acculturated17 accurately17 administrated17 agglomerated17 anticorporate17 bureaucratese17 clofibrate17 collaborated17 commiserate17 concentrated17 confederate17 conglomerate17 corroborated17 decerebrates17 deconsecrate17 defenestrates17 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vicarate13 aberrated12 accurate12 acierated12 adulterates12 alliterated12 ameliorate12 antiliterate12 arbitrates12 asperated12 aspirated12 bitartrate12 castrated12 cratering12 craterlets12 decorates12 degenerate12 denigrates12 depurates12 desecrate12 desiderate12 desperate12 deteriorate12 deuterated12 disparate12 doctorate12 elaborates12 electorate12 emigrates12 enumerates12 federate12 figurate12 filtrates12 fraternal12 frustrate12 grateful12 gyrated12 illustrated12 inaugurates12 incinerate12 innumerate12 integrated12 intenerated12 lacerated12 levirates12 liberated12 literateness12 litterateurs12 macerate12 maturated12 meliorates12 migrated12 moderates12 nonliterates12 numerated12 obliterate12 obturated12 overrates12 pastorates12 penetrates12 perorated12 phorate12 picrates12 prostrates12 ratemeters12 rectorates12 regenerates12 reintegrate12 remunerate12 reoperates12 restaurateur12 separated12 strategic12 strategists12 strategy12 substrates12 ulcerated12 underrated12 unsaturated12 valerates12 venerates12 vibrate12 acerated11 acierates11 adulterate11 alliterates11 ameerates11 arbitrate11 asperates11 aspirates11 barraters11 castrates11 citrated11 cratered11 craterlet11 deaerated11 decorate11 denigrate11 depurate11 deuterates11 elaborate11 emeerates11 emigrate11 enumerate11 ferrates11 filtrate11 generated11 glabrate11 gyrates11 illiterates11 illustrates11 inaugurate11 indurated11 integrates11 intenerates11 iratenesses11 itinerated11 karates11 kraters11 lacerates11 levirate11 liberates11 librated11 litterateur11 lyrated11 maturates11 meliorate11 migrates11 misrated11 moderate11 nonliterate11 numerates11 obdurate11 obturates11 operated11 overrate11 pastorate11 penetrate11 perorates11 picrate11 priorates11 prorated11 prostrate11 ratemeter11 recrated11 rectorate11 regenerate11 reiterated11 reoperate11 separates11 strategies11 strategist11 substrate11 triturated11 ulcerates11 uncrated11 underrates11 unsaturates11 valerate11 venerate11 acierate10 aliterates10 alliterate10 ameerate10 amirates10 asperate10 aspirate10 barrater10 berated10 borated10 castrate10 cerated10 citrates10 cultrate10 curated10 deaerates10 deuterate10 disrated10 emeerate10 emirates10 ferrate10 fraters10 generates10 gyrate10 illiterate10 illustrate10 indurates10 integrate10 intenerate10 irately10 itinerates10 karate10 krater10 lacerate10 liberate10 librates10 lustrated10 maturate10 migrate10 misrates10 numerate10 obturate10 operates10 overate10 perorate10 pirated10 priorate10 prorates10 rateable10 recrates10 regrated10 reiterates10 saturated10 separate10 tolerated10 triturates10 ulcerate10 uncrates10 underrate10 unsaturate10 uprated10 acerate9 aliterate9 amirate9 berates9 borates9 carates9 cerates9 cirrate9 citrate9 crated9 craters9 curates9 deaerate9 derated9 disrates9 emirate9 frater9 generate9 indurate9 ingrates9 irateness9 iterated9 itinerate9 librate9 literates9 lustrates9 lyrate9 misrate9 narrated9 narraters9 nitrated9 nonrated9 operate9 outrated9 pirates9 prated9 praters9 prorate9 recrate9 regrates9 reiterate9 saturates9 serrated9 sororates9 stearates9 tartrates9 titrated9 tolerates9 triturate9 uncrate9 underate9 uprates9 aerated8 aurated8 berate8 borate8 carate8 cerate8 crater8 crates8 curate8 derates8 disrate8 grated8 graters8 ingrate8 iterates8 literate8 lustrate8 narrater8 narrates8 nitrates8 outrates8 pirate8 prater8 prates8 regrate8 rostrate8 saturate8 serrates8 sororate8 stearate8 tartrate8 titrates8 tolerate8 unrated8 uprate8 aerates7 crate7 derate7 grater7 grates7 iratest7 iterate7 narrate7 nitrate7 orated7 outrate7 prate7 serrate7 titrate7 aerate6 aurate6 grate6 irater6 orates6 rated6 ratels6 raters6 urates6 irate5 orate5 ratel5 rater5 rates5 urate5 rate4

Why RATE words matter

Words containing RATE are handy for Scrabble, Words with Friends and word puzzles — filter the list above by length to find the play you need.

What the numbers say

Inside this list: 887 words spanning 4–15 letters. The biggest cluster sits at 11 letters (144 words), 10 entries are Wordle-sized at five letters, and 57 run to seven — bingo length if you can empty the rack. For points, the ceiling is HEXAHYDRATES, worth 29.

Chasing points? The best five entries here are HEXAHYDRATES (29), QUADRUMVIRATES (29), DISEQUILIBRATED (28), HEXAHYDRATE (28), OVEREXAGGERATED (28). At 15 letters, CONFRATERNITIES is the longest word on the list; a typical entry scores around 14. If you are fishing for these words, keep A (887 appearances), T (887) and R (887) on your rack.

Three easy picks from this list

RATE is easy to keep in memory: 4 letters, 4 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
IRATE — a 5-letter, 5-point play that slots into tight board lanes where longer words won't fit.
ORATE earns 5 points from just 5 tiles — and it is a word few opponents will bother to challenge.

Once those stick, file away the next tier too: RATEL (5), RATER (5), RATES (5), URATE (5), AERATE (6).

One chunk, many words: RATE

If you are studying English, RATE is a high-leverage chunk: instead of memorising each word cold, anchor the RATE pattern and let the surrounding letters vary. Word-game players get a parallel benefit — when a crossword grid or a Wordle guess reveals the RATE sequence, this page is the complete candidate pool, already sorted by Scrabble value.

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