Hidden inside attainers sit attainers, reattains, and tearstain, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 451 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
attainers, reattains, and tearstain tie for the highest Scrabble score from attainers at 9 points. The top 10 of 451 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 3 nine-letter words hiding in attainers: two come from rearranging its letters, and attainers itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are attainers, reattains, and tearstain, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 15 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in attainers. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are antisera, ariettas, aristate, artesian, astatine, attainer, intreats, nitrates, ratanies, reattain, sanitate, santeria, seatrain, straiten, and tertians, 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 attainers produces 46 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nastier and tastier. For points, the strongest plays are aetatis, anestri, antiars, antsier, arietta, aristae, artiest, artisan, artiste, asteria, atresia, attains, attires, entasia, instate, intreat, iratest, iterant, nastier, natters, nattier, nitrate, ratines, ratites, rattans, rattens, retains, retinas, retints, retsina, santera, satiate, satinet, stainer, stearin, stinter, striata, striate, taenias, tantras, tartans, tastier, tertian, tinters, transit, 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 attainers turns up 77 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with artist, sitter, trains, and treats. For points, the strongest plays are airest, anears, ansate, antiar, antres, arenas, arisen, arista, arsine, artist, artsie, astern, attain, attars, attire, estrin, inerts, insert, instar, inters, nairas, natter, niters, nitres, raitas, ratans, ratine, ratite, rattan, ratten, reatas, retain, retina, retint, riatas, santir, sarnie, satire, seitan, sinter, sitten, sitter, stater, statin, sterna, strain, strait, strata, strati, striae, strine, taenia, taints, tanist, tantra, tarsia, tartan, taster, tatars, taters, tenias, terais, tetras, tetris, tiaras, tineas, tinter, tisane, titans, titers, titres, trains, traits, treats, triens, trines, and triste — 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 120 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in attainers. 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, attar, earns, entia, etnas, inert, inset, inter, irate, naira, nares, naris, nates, nears, neats, neist, nerts, netts, 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, start, state, stein, stent, stern, stint, stria, tains, taint, tares, tarns, tarsi, tarts, taser, taste, tatar, tater, tates, tears, teats, teins, tenia, tents, terai, terns, testa, tetra, tetri, tians, tiara, tiers, tinea, tines, tints, tires, titan, titer, titre, train, trait, trans, treat, trets, tries, trine, and trite — 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 attainers produces 106 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, nett, 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, sett, sine, sire, site, snit, stan, star, stat, stet, stir, tain, tans, tare, tarn, tars, tart, tase, tate, tats, tear, teas, teat, tein, tens, tent, tern, test, tets, tian, tier, ties, tine, tins, tint, tire, tits, tres, tret, 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 attainers turns up 63 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, att, 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, tat, tea, ten, tes, tet, tie, tin, tis, and tit — 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 attainers. 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.
5 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in attainers plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in attainers and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
attainers 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.
attainers is one of three nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing attainers unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are attainers, reattains, and tearstain, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from attainers 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 attainers produce 451 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 3 nine-letter words, 15 eight-letter words, 46 seven-letter words, 77 six-letter words, 120 five-letter words, 106 four-letter words, 63 three-letter words and 21 two-letter words.