Hidden inside ertlka is one standout: talker, a six-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 71 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ERTLKA isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to TALKER (noun), one that talks, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
talker is the highest-scoring word from ertlka, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 71 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling ertlka produces exactly one six-letter word: talker. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 9 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ertlka. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alert, alter, and later. For points, the strongest plays are laker, latke, and taker — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in ertlka produces 24 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lake, late and leak. For points, 12 words tie at 8 points, including lake, leak and take.
Unscrambling ertlka turns up 25 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, art and ate. For points, 6 words tie at 7 points, including ark, elk and kae.
6 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in ertlka plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in ertlka 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.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is talker, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ertlka 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 ertlka produce 71 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 9 five-letter words, 24 four-letter words, 25 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.