Hidden inside lazarus is one standout: lazars, a six-letter play worth 15 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 35 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble AZALRUS, RUSALZA or ZARASUL and you get the same 7 letters as LAZARUS: so the words from LAZARUS listed below are the words from those scrambles too.
lazars is the highest-scoring word from lazarus, worth 15 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 35 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 6 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in lazarus. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is lazar, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in lazarus produces 9 valid four-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these four-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are aals, alar, alas and 6 more, each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling lazarus turns up 11 three-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these three-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is zas, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is lazars, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and no other word from lazarus 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 lazarus produce 35 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 6 five-letter words, 9 four-letter words, 11 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.