hostelries 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, 628 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
hostelries is the highest-scoring word from hostelries, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 628 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in hostelries — and it is hostelries itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling hostelries turns up 6 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are helotries, heterosis, hostelers and 3 more, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 23 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in hostelries. If a familiar word is all you need, start with shelters and theories. For points, 19 words tie at 11 points, including shelters, theories and heirless.
Rearranging the letters in hostelries produces 60 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with holiest, hostile, shelter, and stories. For points, 29 words tie at 10 points, including holiest, hostile and shelter.
Unscrambling hostelries turns up 133 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with either, heroes and holier. For points, 64 words tie at 9 points, including either, heroes and holier.
There are 168 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in hostelries. If a familiar word is all you need, start with roles, roses and sheet. For points, 68 words tie at 8 points, including sheet, shier and shirt.
Rearranging the letters in hostelries produces 147 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with less, lets and lies. For points, 46 words tie at 7 points, including shoe, shot and heel.
Unscrambling hostelries turns up 66 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with her, his and hit. For points, 17 words tie at 6 points, including her, his and hit.
There are 24 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in hostelries. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eh, he and hi. For points, 6 words tie at 5 points, including eh, he and hi.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in hostelries plus one additional letter.
hostelries 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in hostelries carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record one sense for hostelries. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 13 points on a Scrabble board:
hostelries is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing hostelries unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is hostelries, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from hostelries 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 hostelries produce 628 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 6 nine-letter words, 23 eight-letter words, 60 seven-letter words, 133 six-letter words, 168 five-letter words, 147 four-letter words, 66 three-letter words and 24 two-letter words.