Hidden inside merriest sit merriest, miterers, rimester and 1 other, eight-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 183 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
merriest, miterers, rimester and 6 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from merriest at 10 points. The top 10 of 183 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 4 eight-letter words hiding in merriest: three come from rearranging its letters, and merriest itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with merriest. For points, the strongest plays are merriest, miterers, rimester, and triremes — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in merriest produces 14 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with retires. For points, the strongest plays are meister, metiers, miterer, reemits, retimes, retrims, termers, trimers, trireme, and triseme — 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 merriest turns up 28 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with meters and retire. For points, the strongest plays are merest, merits, meters, metier, metres, mister, miters, mitres, reemit, remise, remits, retems, retime, retrim, rimers, smiter, termer, timers, and trimer — 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 47 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in merriest. If a familiar word is all you need, start with items, meets, meter, steer, terms, times, and tires. For points, the strongest plays are emirs, emits, items, meets, merer, meres, merit, meter, metes, metis, metre, mires, miser, miter, mites, mitre, remet, remit, retem, rimer, rimes, smite, stime, teems, terms, timer, times, trems, and trims — 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 merriest produces 47 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with item, meet, rest, rise, seem, site, and stem. For points, the strongest plays are emes, emir, emit, item, meet, mere, mete, mire, mirs, mise, mist, mite, rems, rime, rims, seem, seme, semi, smit, stem, stim, teem, term, time, trem, and trim — 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 merriest turns up 31 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with its, met, see, set, sir, sit, and tie. For points, the strongest plays are eme, ems, ism, mes, met, mir, mis, rem, rim, and sim — 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 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in merriest. If a familiar word is all you need, start with is, it, and me. For points, the strongest plays are em, me, and mi — 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 merriest and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
merriest 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.
merriest is one of four eight-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing merriest unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are merriest, miterers, rimester, and triremes, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from merriest 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 merriest produce 183 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 4 eight-letter words, 14 seven-letter words, 28 six-letter words, 47 five-letter words, 47 four-letter words, 31 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.