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Words containing TES

Words that have the letters TES in a row, in that order: handy when a board square or a clue gives you a chunk to build around. All playable on Wordtide's board. There are 2,652 playable words containing TES in Wordtide's English dictionary. The most common length is 9 letters, and the longest word is ANTIMETABOLITES. The highest-scoring is CONJUNCTIVITES, worth 31 points.

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Popular words containing TES

COMMUNICATES21
ABBREVIATES19
ACCUMULATES19
COMPLICATES19
EXAGGERATES19
SOPHISTICATES19
UNDERGRADUATES19
CONTEMPLATES18
DISCRIMINATES18
PARTICIPATES18
APPRECIATES17
EXECUTES17
INVESTIGATES17
QUIETEST17
ADVOCATES16
CONCATENATES16
CONCENTRATES16
CONTRIBUTES16

Highest-scoring words containing TES

Points are Wordtide tile values before bonus squares. Rare letters pay most: J, Q and Z are worth 9, X is 7.

CONJUNCTIVITES31
QUADRUMVIRATES31
HYDROXYAPATITES30
EXCOMMUNICATES29
QUADRUPLICATES29
MEZQUITES28
QUINTUPLICATES28
CIRCUMNAVIGATES27
QUARTZITES27
MYXOMYCETES27
HYDROLYZATES27
VULCANIZATES27

4-letter words containing TES (2)

ATES4
TEST4

5-letter words containing TES (44)

ANTES5
BATES7
BITES7
BYTES9
CATES7
CETES7
CITES7
COTES7
CUTES8
DATES6
DITES6
DOTES6
FATES8
FETES8
GATES6
HATES7
JETES13
JUTES14
KITES8
KYTES10
LUTES6
MATES7
METES7
MITES7
MOTES7
MUTES8
NATES5
NITES5
NOTES5
PATES7
RATES5
RITES5
ROTES5
SATES5
SITES5
TATES5
TESLA5
TESTA5
TESTS5
TESTY7
TOTES5
VOTES9
WITES8
WYTES10

6-letter words containing TES (90)

ABATES8
ACUTES9
AGATES7
APTEST8
ATTEST6
AXITES12
AZOTES14
BASTES8
BRUTES9
BUTTES9
CASTES8
CHUTES11
COMTES10
CRATES8
CUTEST9
CUTESY11
DETEST7
ELATES6
ELITES6
EMOTES8
EVITES10
FLITES9
FLUTES10
FLYTES11
FORTES9
FYTTES11
GRATES7
HASTES8
LATEST6
LATTES6
MANTES8
MATTES8
MUTEST9
OFTEST9
ORATES6
PASTES8
PLATES8
PRATES8
QUOTES15
ROUTES7
SCUTES9
SIXTES12
SKATES9
SLATES6
SMITES8
SPATES8
SPITES8
STATES6
SUITES7
TASTES6
TESTED7
TESTER6
TESTES6
TESTIS6
TORTES6
UNITES7
VOLTES10
WASTES9
WHITES11
WRITES9

The 60 most common shown, 30 rarer words not listed. All 6-letter words

7-letter words containing TES (194)

ACUTEST10
ATTESTS7
CONTEST9
COYOTES11
CREATES9
CURTEST10
DEBATES10
DEFTEST11
DELETES8
DEMOTES10
DENOTES8
DETESTS8
DEVOTES12
DILATES8
DILUTES9
DONATES8
EQUATES16
ESTATES7
EXCITES15
FASTEST10
FATTEST10
FITTEST10
GYRATES10
HOSTESS9
HOTTEST9
IGNITES8
INCITES9
INMATES9
INVITES11
JUSTEST16
LEFTEST10
LOCATES9
MINUTES10
MUTATES10
NEATEST7
NEGATES8
PALATES9
PERTEST9
PETITES9
PIRATES9
PROTEST9
REBATES9
RECITES9
REFUTES11
RELATES7
REMOTES9
REPUTES10
ROTATES7
SALTEST7
SALUTES8
SEDATES8
SOFTEST10
TAUTEST8
TESTIFY12
TESTING8
UPDATES11
VACATES13
VASTEST11
WETTEST10
WHITEST12

The 60 most common shown, 134 rarer words not listed. All 7-letter words

8-letter words containing TES (362)

ANIMATES10
ATHLETES10
BLUNTEST11
CHASTEST12
CLIMATES12
COLLATES10
COMMUTES15
COMPETES14
COMPUTES15
CONNOTES10
CONTESTS10
COUNTESS11
COURTESY13
CREMATES12
DEFLATES12
DEPLETES11
DEVIATES13
DIABETES11
DICTATES11
DISPUTES12
EDUCATES12
ELEVATES12
EMULATES11
EXACTEST16
EXCRETES16
EXECUTES17
FAINTEST11
FLATTEST11
FLEETEST11
FRIGATES12
GAZETTES17
GREATEST9
INFLATES11
ISOLATES8
KEYNOTES13
LIGHTEST11
MACHETES14
MAGNATES11
MANDATES11
MEDIATES11
MIGRATES11
MINUTEST11
OPERATES10
PLACATES12
POLLUTES11
PRIMATES12
PRIVATES14
PROMOTES12
PULSATES11
QUIETEST17
REWRITES11
RIGHTEST11
SHORTEST10
SITUATES9
SWEETEST11
SWIFTEST14
TIGHTEST11
TRIBUTES11
VIBRATES14
VIOLATES12

The 60 most common shown, 302 rarer words not listed. All 8-letter words

9-letter words containing TES (555)

ABDICATES14
ABRUPTEST14
ACTIVATES15
ADVOCATES16
ALLOCATES11
AMPUTATES14
ANECDOTES12
APPETITES13
AUTOMATES12
BANKNOTES14
BRIGHTEST14
CASSETTES11
CELIBATES13
COMPLETES15
CONCRETES13
DECIMATES14
DEDICATES13
DEFECATES15
DEVOUTEST15
DOMINATES12
DYNAMITES14
ESTIMATES11
EVACUATES16
EVALUATES14
EXCAVATES21
EXPEDITES18
FAVORITES16
FOOTNOTES12
FUMIGATES16
GENERATES10
GRADUATES12
GROTESQUE19
INCUBATES14
INDICATES12
INITIATES9
IRRITATES9
KILOBYTES16
MEDICATES14
MEGABYTES16
MISQUOTES20
MODULATES13
MOTIVATES15
NAVIGATES14
NEOPHYTES15
NOMINATES11
OPPOSITES13
OVERRATES13
PLAYMATES15
POPULATES14
PRIVATEST15
PROMPTEST15
QUAINTEST18
SEPARATES11
SIMULATES12
SLIGHTEST12
SQUATTEST18
SQUINTEST18
TOLERATES9
TRUNCATES12
VALIDATES14

The 60 most common shown, 495 rarer words not listed.

10-letter words containing TES (529)

ACCLIMATES16
AFFILIATES16
AGGRAVATES16
ANTIQUATES19
ASSOCIATES12
ATTRIBUTES13
CALCULATES15
CANDIDATES14
CAPTIVATES18
CELEBRATES14
CHOCOLATES16
CIRCULATES15
COMPACTEST18
COMPLETEST16
COMPOSITES16
CONJUGATES22
CULTIVATES17
DEHYDRATES16
DESIGNATES12
DEVASTATES15
DUPLICATES16
EJACULATES21
ELIMINATES12
EVAPORATES16
EXONERATES16
EXTRADITES17
EXTRICATES18
FABRICATES17
FASCINATES15
FLUCTUATES17
FORMULATES16
FRUSTRATES14
GROTESQUES20
HYPHENATES18
HYPOCRITES18
IMPLICATES16
INTEGRATES11
LIQUIDATES20
LUXURIATES18
NEGOTIATES11
OFFICIATES18
ORIENTATES10
ORIGINATES11
OVERWRITES17
PARACHUTES17
PERFECTEST17
PERSECUTES15
PROSECUTES15
PUNCTUATES16
REINSTATES10
REQUISITES19
SATELLITES10
STIMULATES13
SUBJUGATES23
SUFFOCATES19
TERMINATES12
TESTIFYING16
TRANSLATES10
VACCINATES18
VINDICATES17

The 60 most common shown, 469 rarer words not listed.

11-letter words containing TES (362)

ABBREVIATES19
ACCELERATES15
ACCENTUATES16
ACCUMULATES19
AMALGAMATES16
ANTICIPATES15
APPRECIATES17
ARTICULATES14
ASPHYXIATES23
CAPITULATES16
COMPENSATES17
COMPLICATES19
CONCILIATES15
CONFISCATES18
CONGREGATES15
CONSECRATES15
CONSTITUTES14
CONSUMMATES18
CONTRIBUTES16
COORDINATES14
DEBILITATES14
DELIBERATES14
DEPRECIATES16
DISCOURTESY17
DISCREETEST14
DISSOCIATES14
DISTINCTEST14
DISTRIBUTES15
EMANCIPATES17
EXACERBATES21
EXAGGERATES19
EXASPERATES19
EXHILARATES19
EXPATRIATES19
FACILITATES16
FREQUENTEST23
ILLUMINATES14
ILLUSTRATES12
IMPREGNATES16
INAUGURATES14
INFILTRATES14
INTIMIDATES14
INTOXICATES19
INVALIDATES16
INVIGORATES16
LEGITIMATES14
MAGISTRATES14
MANIPULATES16
MENSTRUATES14
PERPETRATES15
PERPETUATES16
PROMULGATES17
RECUPERATES16
REJUVENATES24
SUBSTITUTES15
SUCCINCTEST18
TOOTHPASTES15
TRIPLICATES15
UNDERWRITES16
VERTEBRATES17

The 60 most common shown, 302 rarer words not listed.

12-letter words containing TES (250)

ACCOMMODATES21
APPROPRIATES18
APPROXIMATES24
ASSASSINATES12
BARBITURATES17
CERTIFICATES19
COLLABORATES16
COMMEMORATES20
COMMISERATES18
COMMUNICATES21
CONCATENATES16
CONCENTRATES16
CONFEDERATES18
CONSOLIDATES15
CONTAMINATES16
CONTEMPLATES18
CORROBORATES16
DELICATESSEN15
DEMONSTRATES15
DETERIORATES13
DISSEMINATES15
DOMESTICATES17
ELECTROCUTES17
ENCAPSULATES17
ERYTHROCYTES20
EXPECTORATES22
EXPOSTULATES21
EXPROPRIATES22
EXTERMINATES20
EXTRAPOLATES20
GESTICULATES16
IMPERSONATES16
INCARCERATES16
INCORPORATES16
INCRIMINATES16
INTERROGATES13
INVESTIGATES17
KITCHENETTES19
MATRICULATES17
NECESSITATES14
ORCHESTRATES16
PARTICIPATES18
PERAMBULATES19
POMEGRANATES17
PONTIFICATES19
PRECIPITATES18
PREDOMINATES17
PREVARICATES20
PROLIFERATES17
QUINTESSENCE23
RECIPROCATES18
REFRIGERATES16
REGURGITATES15
REINCARNATES14
RESUSCITATES15
REVERBERATES18
SUBORDINATES16
SUFFRAGETTES20
TESTIMONIALS14
UNFORTUNATES17

The 60 most common shown, 190 rarer words not listed.

How common are they?

2,652 of the 167,814 words on Wordtide's English board (1.6%) are containing TES. Most of them, 555, have 9 letters. 70 start with TES, 2,302 end with it and 283 have it only in the middle.

Words containing similar letters

Every word comes from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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Questions

How many words are there containing TES?

Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words) has 2,652 words containing TES, from 4 to 15 letters long.

What is the highest-scoring word containing TES?

CONJUNCTIVITES, worth 31 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares. Close behind: QUADRUMVIRATES (31), HYDROXYAPATITES (30) and EXCOMMUNICATES (29).

What are the most common words containing TES?

COMMUNICATES, ABBREVIATES, ACCUMULATES, COMPLICATES, EXAGGERATES and SOPHISTICATES. These are the everyday ones, ranked by how familiar they are in ordinary English.

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