Hidden inside foister is one standout: forties, a seven-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 170 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
FOISTER isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to FORTIES (noun, plural of forty), ten more than thirty, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
forties is the highest-scoring word from foister, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 170 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling foister produces exactly one seven-letter word: forties. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling foister turns up 16 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with forest and softer. For points, 13 words tie at 9 points, including forest, softer and fetors.
There are 37 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in foister. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fires, first and forts. For points, 19 words tie at 8 points, including fires, first and forts.
Rearranging the letters in foister produces 56 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fire, fist and fits. For points, 24 words tie at 7 points, including fire, fist and fits.
Unscrambling foister turns up 41 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fit, for and its. For points, 15 words tie at 6 points, including fit, for and efs.
There are 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in foister. If a familiar word is all you need, start with if, is and it. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, if, and of — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
11 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in foister plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in foister and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is forties, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from foister 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 foister produce 170 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 16 six-letter words, 37 five-letter words, 56 four-letter words, 41 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.