ersatz needs no unscrambling at all — the six-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 15 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 82 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ersatz is the highest-scoring word from ersatz, worth 15 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 82 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one six-letter word uses the letters in ersatz — and it is ersatz itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
There are 10 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ersatz. If a familiar word is all you need, start with rates, stare, and tears. For points, the strongest plays are razes, tzars, and zetas — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in ersatz produces 32 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arts, ears, east, eats, eras, rate, and rats. For points, the strongest plays are raze, tzar, zest, and zeta — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling ersatz turns up 28 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, and rat. For points, the strongest plays are rez, sez, and zas — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ersatz. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as and at. For points, the strongest play is za — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 seven-letter word can be made using all the letters in ersatz plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in ersatz and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
ersatz 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in ersatz carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record two senses for ersatz. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 15 points on a Scrabble board:
ersatz is the only six-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing ersatz unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is ersatz, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ersatz 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 ersatz produce 82 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 10 five-letter words, 32 four-letter words, 28 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.