Hidden inside matters sit matters and smatter, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 172 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
matters and smatter tie for the highest Scrabble score from matters at 9 points. The top 10 of 172 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 seven-letter words hiding in matters: one comes from rearranging its letters, and matters itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with matters. For points, the strongest plays are matters and smatter — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling matters turns up 15 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with master, matter, and treats. For points, the strongest plays are armets, master, maters, matres, matter, mattes, ramets, stream, tamers, and tamest — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 40 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in matters. If a familiar word is all you need, start with mates, meats, rates, smart, stare, start, and state. For points, the strongest plays are armet, mares, marse, marts, maser, mater, mates, matte, matts, meats, ramet, reams, satem, smart, smear, steam, tamer, tames, teams, terms, trams, and trems — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in matters produces 62 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arms, arts, ears, east, eats, eras, and mate. For points, the strongest plays are arms, maes, mare, mars, mart, mast, mate, mats, matt, meat, mesa, meta, rams, ream, rems, same, seam, stem, tame, tams, team, term, tram, and trem — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling matters turns up 39 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, arm, art, ate, ear, eat, and era. For points, the strongest plays are arm, ems, mae, mar, mas, mat, mes, met, ram, rem, and tam — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 14 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in matters. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, as, at, and me. For points, the strongest plays are am, em, ma, and me — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in matters 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.
matters 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 seven senses for matters. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 9 points on a Scrabble board:
matters is one of two seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing matters unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are matters and smatter, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from matters 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 matters produce 172 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 15 six-letter words, 40 five-letter words, 62 four-letter words, 39 three-letter words and 14 two-letter words.