Hidden inside ghostae is one standout: hostage, a seven-letter play worth 11 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 168 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
GHOSTAE isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to HOSTAGE (noun), a person held as security, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
hostage is the highest-scoring word from ghostae, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 168 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling ghostae produces exactly one seven-letter word: hostage. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 24 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ghostae. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gates, ghost and goats. For points, 5 words tie at 9 points, including ghost, ghast and ghats.
Rearranging the letters in ghostae produces 67 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ages, east and eats. For points, 8 words tie at 8 points, including gosh, hogs and gash.
Unscrambling ghostae turns up 56 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, ago and ash. For points, the strongest plays are hag and hog — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 20 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ghostae. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, as and at. For points, 7 words tie at 5 points, including ah, eh and ha.
2 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in ghostae plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in ghostae 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 hostage, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ghostae 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 ghostae produce 168 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 24 five-letter words, 67 four-letter words, 56 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.