frustrates needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 360 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
frustrates is the highest-scoring word from frustrates, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 360 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in frustrates — and it is frustrates itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling frustrates produces exactly one nine-letter word: frustrate. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in frustrates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with starters. For points, the strongest plays are strafers and tartufes — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in frustrates produces 25 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrests, fastest, starter, and statues. For points, 8 words tie at 10 points, including fastest, fraters and rafters.
Unscrambling frustrates turns up 63 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrest, assure and faster. For points, 15 words tie at 9 points, including faster, fatter and safest.
There are 96 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in frustrates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with after, fates and fears. For points, 27 words tie at 8 points, including after, fates and fears.
Rearranging the letters in frustrates produces 97 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arts, ears and east. For points, 30 words tie at 7 points, including fast, fate and fear.
Unscrambling frustrates turns up 56 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, art and ass. For points, 13 words tie at 6 points, including far, fat and fur.
There are 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in frustrates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at, and us. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fa, and fe — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in frustrates plus one additional letter.
frustrates 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.
Dictionaries record two senses for frustrates. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 13 points on a Scrabble board:
frustrates is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing frustrates unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is frustrates, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from frustrates 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 frustrates produce 360 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 6 eight-letter words, 25 seven-letter words, 63 six-letter words, 96 five-letter words, 97 four-letter words, 56 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.