Hidden inside artiness sit artiness, retsinas, stainers and 1 other, eight-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 383 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
artiness, retsinas, stainers and 6 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from artiness at 8 points. The top 10 of 383 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 4 eight-letter words hiding in artiness: three come from rearranging its letters, and artiness 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 artiness, retsinas, stainers, and stearins, 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 artiness produces 27 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nastier. For points, the strongest plays are anestri, antsier, arsines, artsies, entasis, estrins, inserts, instars, nastier, nasties, ratines, retains, retinas, retsina, santirs, sarnies, sarsnet, satires, seitans, sestina, sinters, stainer, stearin, strains, strines, tansies, and tisanes — 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 artiness turns up 66 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with raises, resist, saints, sanest, sirens, sister, and stains. For points, the strongest plays are airest, anises, antres, arisen, arises, arsine, artsie, assent, assert, astern, asters, estrin, inerts, insert, insets, instar, inters, niters, nitres, raises, ratine, resins, resist, resits, retain, retina, rinses, saints, sanest, sanies, sansei, santir, sarins, sarnie, sarsen, satins, satire, seitan, serais, serins, siesta, sinter, sirens, sister, sistra, sitars, snares, stains, stairs, stanes, stares, steins, sterna, sterns, strain, striae, strine, tasers, tassie, tenias, terais, 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 109 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in artiness. If a familiar word is all you need, start with earns, nests, rains, raise, rates, rents, and rests. For points, the strongest plays are airns, airts, anise, antes, antis, antre, arise, arses, arsis, asset, aster, astir, earns, easts, entia, etnas, inert, inset, inter, irate, nares, naris, nates, nears, neats, neist, nerts, nests, niter, nites, nitre, rains, raise, ranis, rants, rases, rates, reais, reins, rents, resat, resin, resit, rests, retia, riant, rinse, risen, rises, rites, sains, saint, saner, sanes, sarin, saris, sasin, sates, satin, satis, sears, seats, sensa, senti, sents, serai, serin, sines, siren, sires, sitar, sites, snare, snits, stain, stair, stane, stans, stare, stars, stein, stern, sties, stirs, stria, tains, tares, tarns, tarsi, taser, tases, tasse, tears, teins, tenia, terai, terns, tians, tiers, tinea, tines, tires, train, trans, trass, tress, tries, trine, and tsars — 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 artiness produces 97 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, ants, arts, earn, ears, east, and eats. For points, the strongest plays are ains, airn, airs, airt, aits, anes, anis, ante, anti, ants, ares, arie, arse, arts, ates, earn, ears, east, eats, eras, erns, erst, ests, etas, etna, ires, naes, nare, near, neat, ness, nest, nets, nite, nits, rain, rais, rani, rant, rase, rate, rats, rein, reis, rent, rest, rets, rias, rins, rise, rite, sain, sane, sans, sari, sate, sati, sear, seas, seat, seis, sent, sera, sers, seta, sets, sine, sins, sire, sirs, site, sits, snit, sris, stan, star, stir, tain, tans, tare, tarn, tars, tase, tass, 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 artiness turns up 60 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, ant, are, art, ass, ate, and ear. For points, the strongest plays are ain, air, ais, ait, ane, ani, ant, are, ars, art, ass, ate, ats, ear, eat, ens, era, ern, ers, ess, 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, sis, 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 20 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in artiness. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, at, in, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are 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.
33 nine-letter words can be made using all the letters in artiness plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in artiness 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.
artiness is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
artiness is one of four eight-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing artiness unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are artiness, retsinas, stainers, and stearins, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from artiness 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 artiness produce 383 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 4 eight-letter words, 27 seven-letter words, 66 six-letter words, 109 five-letter words, 97 four-letter words, 60 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.