Hidden inside alaries sit aerials and realias, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 7 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 142 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble LIARASE, REALSAI or AREALIS and you get the same 7 letters as ALARIES: so the words from ALARIES listed below are the words from those scrambles too.
ALARIES isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to AERIALS and REALIAS.
aerials and realias tie for the highest Scrabble score from alaries at 7 points. The top 10 of 142 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in alaries produces 2 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are aerials and realias, each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 31 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alaries. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aisle, areas and laser. For points, 31 words tie at 5 points, including aisle, areas and laser.
Rearranging the letters in alaries produces 53 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, area and ears. For points, 53 words tie at 4 points, including airs, area and ears.
Unscrambling alaries turns up 34 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, are and ear. For points, 34 words tie at 3 points, including air, are and ear.
There are 14 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alaries. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as and is. For points, 14 words tie at 2 points, including as, is and aa.
8 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in alaries plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in alaries and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are aerials and realias, worth 7 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from alaries earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in alaries produce 142 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 8 six-letter words, 31 five-letter words, 53 four-letter words, 34 three-letter words and 14 two-letter words.