Hidden inside entertains sit entertains and tenantries, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 602 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
entertains and tenantries tie for the highest Scrabble score from entertains at 10 points. The top 10 of 602 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in entertains: one comes from rearranging its letters, and entertains itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with entertains. For points, the strongest plays are entertains and tenantries — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling entertains turns up 8 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with entertain. For points, the strongest plays are entertain, instanter, internets, intranets, reinstate, sententia, tanneries, and transient — 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 37 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in entertains. If a familiar word is all you need, start with intenser, interest, and internet. For points, the strongest plays are anisette, anserine, arenites, ariettes, arsenite, entrains, entrants, entreats, insetter, intenser, interest, internes, internet, intranet, intrants, intreats, iterates, nitrates, ratteens, renitent, resinate, sentient, setenant, stannite, stearine, sternite, straiten, taenites, teariest, tertians, tetanies, tetanise, trainees, trannies, treaties, treatise, and trientes — 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 entertains produces 83 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eastern, entries, insaner, intense, interns, nastier, and nearest. For points, the strongest plays are aeriest, anestri, antsier, arenite, ariette, artiest, artiste, attires, earnest, eastern, ensnare, entires, entrain, entrant, entreat, entries, estreat, etesian, inanest, insaner, insnare, instant, instate, intense, intents, interne, interns, intrant, intreat, iratest, iterant, iterate, nastier, natters, nattier, nearest, neatens, neatest, netters, nettier, nitrate, ratines, ratites, ratteen, rattens, rennase, rennets, restate, retains, retaste, retinae, retinas, retines, retints, retsina, satinet, seriate, stainer, stanine, stearin, sterane, stinter, striate, taenite, tanners, tannest, tastier, tenants, tenners, tennesi, tennies, tennist, tenters, tentier, ternate, tertian, testier, tinners, tinters, trainee, trannie, transit, and trienes — 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 entertains turns up 126 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with artist, easier, easter, enters, entire, estate, and insane. For points, the strongest plays are aeries, airest, anenst, antres, arenes, aretes, arisen, arsine, artist, artsie, astern, attire, easier, easter, eaters, enates, entera, enters, entire, estate, estrin, inaner, inanes, inerts, innate, inners, insane, insert, instar, intent, intern, inters, narine, natter, neaten, neater, nereis, nester, netter, niente, niners, niters, nitres, ranees, ratine, ratite, ratten, renest, renins, rennet, rentes, reseat, resent, resite, retain, retest, reties, retina, retine, retint, santir, sarnie, sateen, satire, seater, seiner, seitan, senate, sennet, sennit, serein, serine, setter, sienna, sinner, sinnet, sinter, sitten, sitter, stater, statin, sterna, strain, strait, strati, street, striae, strine, taints, tanist, tanner, taster, taters, teaser, tenant, tenesi, tenets, teniae, tenias, tenner, tennes, tennis, tenser, tenter, tentie, terais, ternes, testae, tester, tetras, tetris, tineas, tinner, tinter, tisane, titans, titers, titres, trains, traits, treats, treens, triene, 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 143 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in entertains. If a familiar word is all you need, start with earns, eaten, enter, erase, inner, nines, and rains. For points, the strongest plays are aerie, airns, airts, anent, anise, antes, antis, antre, arene, arete, arise, aster, astir, earns, easer, eaten, eater, enate, enter, entia, erase, ernes, ester, etnas, inane, inert, inner, inset, inter, irate, nares, naris, nates, nears, neats, neist, nenes, nerts, netts, niner, nines, niter, nites, nitre, rains, raise, ranee, ranis, rants, rates, reais, reest, reins, renin, rente, rents, resat, reset, resin, resit, retia, retie, riant, rinse, risen, rites, saint, saner, saree, sarin, satin, seine, senna, sente, senti, serai, serin, setae, siree, siren, sitar, snare, sneer, stain, stair, stane, stare, start, state, steer, stein, stent, stere, stern, stint, stria, tains, taint, tares, tarns, tarsi, tarts, taser, taste, tater, tates, tears, tease, teats, teens, teins, tenet, tenia, tenne, tense, tents, terai, teres, terne, terns, terse, testa, tetra, tetri, tians, tiers, tinea, tines, tints, tires, titan, titer, titre, train, trait, trans, treat, treen, trees, 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 entertains produces 115 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, ants, arts, earn, ears, ease, and east. For points, the strongest plays are ains, airn, airs, airt, aits, anes, anis, ante, anti, ants, ares, arie, arse, arts, ates, earn, ears, ease, east, eats, eras, erne, erns, erst, esne, etas, etna, inns, ires, naes, nans, nare, near, neat, nene, nest, nets, nett, nine, nite, nits, rain, rais, rani, rant, rase, rate, rats, rees, rein, reis, rent, rest, rete, rets, rias, rins, rise, rite, sain, sane, sari, sate, sati, sear, seat, seen, seer, sene, sent, sera, sere, seta, sett, sine, sire, site, snit, stan, star, stat, stet, stir, tain, tans, tare, tarn, tars, tart, tase, tate, tats, tear, teas, teat, teen, tees, tein, tens, tent, tern, test, tets, tian, tier, ties, tine, tins, tint, tire, tits, tree, 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 entertains turns up 68 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 ain, air, ais, ait, ane, ani, ant, are, ars, art, ate, ats, att, ear, eat, ens, era, ere, ern, ers, est, eta, inn, ins, ire, its, nae, nan, nee, net, nit, rai, ran, ras, rat, ree, rei, res, ret, ria, rin, sae, san, sat, sea, see, sei, sen, ser, set, sin, sir, sit, sri, tae, tan, tar, tas, tat, tea, tee, 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 20 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in entertains. 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.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in entertains plus one additional letter.
entertains 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record three senses for entertains. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
entertains is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing entertains unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are entertains and tenantries, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from entertains 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 entertains produce 602 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 8 nine-letter words, 37 eight-letter words, 83 seven-letter words, 126 six-letter words, 143 five-letter words, 115 four-letter words, 68 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.