Hidden inside artesian sit antisera, artesian, ratanies and 2 others, eight-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 335 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
antisera, artesian, ratanies and 5 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from artesian at 8 points. The top 10 of 335 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 5 eight-letter words hiding in artesian: four come from rearranging its letters, and artesian itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are antisera, artesian, ratanies, santeria, and seatrain, each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in artesian produces 18 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nastier. For points, the strongest plays are anestri, antiars, antsier, aristae, artisan, asteria, atresia, entasia, nastier, ratines, retains, retinas, retsina, santera, stainer, stearin, taenias, and tsarina — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling artesian turns up 45 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with trains. For points, the strongest plays are airest, anears, ansate, antiar, antres, arenas, arisen, arista, arsine, artsie, astern, estrin, inerts, insert, instar, inters, nairas, niters, nitres, raitas, ratans, ratine, reatas, retain, retina, riatas, santir, sarnie, satire, seitan, sinter, sterna, strain, striae, strine, taenia, tarsia, tenias, terais, tiaras, tineas, tisane, trains, triens, and trines — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 95 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in artesian. If a familiar word is all you need, start with areas, earns, rains, raise, rates, rents, and risen. For points, the strongest plays are airns, airts, anear, anise, ansae, antae, antas, antes, antis, antra, antre, areas, arena, arias, arise, aster, astir, atria, earns, entia, etnas, inert, inset, inter, irate, naira, nares, naris, nates, nears, neats, neist, nerts, niter, nites, nitre, raias, rains, raise, raita, ranis, rants, ratan, rates, reais, reata, reins, rents, resat, resin, resit, retia, riant, riata, rinse, risen, rites, saint, saner, saran, sarin, satin, senti, serai, serin, siren, sitar, snare, stain, stair, stane, stare, stein, stern, stria, tains, tares, tarns, tarsi, taser, tears, teins, tenia, terai, terns, tians, tiara, tiers, tinea, tines, tires, train, trans, tries, and trine — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in artesian produces 92 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, ants, area, arts, earn, ears, and east. For points, the strongest plays are ains, airn, airs, airt, aits, anas, anes, anis, ansa, anta, ante, anti, ants, area, ares, aria, arie, arse, arts, asea, ates, earn, ears, east, eats, eras, erns, erst, etas, etna, ires, naes, nare, near, neat, nest, nets, nite, nits, raia, rain, rais, rani, rant, rase, rate, rats, rein, reis, rent, rest, rets, rias, rins, rise, rite, sain, sane, sari, sate, sati, sear, seat, sent, sera, seta, sine, sire, site, snit, stan, star, stir, tain, tans, tare, tarn, tars, tase, tear, teas, tein, tens, tern, tian, tier, ties, tine, tins, tire, tres, and tsar — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling artesian turns up 59 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, ant, are, art, ate, ear, and eat. For points, the strongest plays are aas, ain, air, ais, ait, ana, ane, ani, ant, are, ars, art, ate, ats, ear, eat, ens, era, ern, ers, est, eta, ins, ire, its, nae, net, nit, rai, ran, ras, rat, rei, res, ret, ria, rin, sae, san, sat, sea, sei, sen, ser, set, sin, sir, sit, sri, tae, tan, tar, tas, tea, ten, tes, tie, tin, and tis — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 21 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in artesian. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, at, in, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are aa, ae, ai, an, ar, as, at, en, er, es, et, in, is, it, na, ne, re, si, ta, te, and ti — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in artesian and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
artesian is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, but not in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it plays in Scrabble only.
Dictionaries record one sense for artesian. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 8 points on a Scrabble board:
artesian is one of five eight-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing artesian unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are antisera, artesian, ratanies, santeria, and seatrain, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from artesian 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 artesian produce 335 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 5 eight-letter words, 18 seven-letter words, 45 six-letter words, 95 five-letter words, 92 four-letter words, 59 three-letter words and 21 two-letter words.