Hidden inside graints sit gastrin, gratins, ratings and 1 other, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 190 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
GRAINTS isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to GASTRIN, GRATINS, RATINGS and STARING.
gastrin, gratins, ratings and 6 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from graints at 8 points. The top 10 of 190 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in graints produces 4 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ratings and staring. For points, the strongest plays are gastrin, gratins, ratings, and staring — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling graints turns up 17 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with giants, grants and rating. For points, 13 words tie at 7 points, including giants, grants and rating.
There are 49 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in graints. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gains, giant and grant. For points, 27 words tie at 6 points, including gains, giant and grant.
Rearranging the letters in graints produces 63 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, ants and arts. For points, 32 words tie at 5 points, including gain, nags and rags.
Unscrambling graints turns up 43 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, ant and art. For points, 14 words tie at 4 points, including gas, nag and rag.
There are 14 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in graints. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as and at. For points, the strongest plays are ag and gi — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
35 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in graints plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in graints 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 plays from these letters are gastrin, gratins, ratings, and staring, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from graints 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 graints produce 190 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 4 seven-letter words, 17 six-letter words, 49 five-letter words, 63 four-letter words, 43 three-letter words and 14 two-letter words.