Hidden inside arbutal is one standout: tabular, a seven-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 65 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ARBUTAL isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to TABULAR (adjective), of or pertaining to a list, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
tabular is the highest-scoring word from arbutal, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 65 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling arbutal produces exactly one seven-letter word: tabular. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 12 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in arbutal. If a familiar word is all you need, start with altar. For points, 5 words tie at 7 points, including blurt, labra and rabat.
Rearranging the letters in arbutal produces 15 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with brat. For points, 11 words tie at 6 points, including brat, abut and alba.
Unscrambling arbutal turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with art, bar and bat. For points, 15 words tie at 5 points, including bar, bat and bra.
Swap a single tile in arbutal 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 play from these letters is tabular, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from arbutal 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 arbutal produce 65 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 2 six-letter words, 12 five-letter words, 15 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.