Hidden inside natterers sit natterers and ratteners, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 317 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
natterers and ratteners tie for the highest Scrabble score from natterers at 9 points. The top 10 of 317 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 nine-letter words hiding in natterers: one comes from rearranging its letters, and natterers itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are natterers and ratteners, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 7 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in natterers. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are entreats, natterer, ratteens and 4 more, each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in natterers produces 32 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eastern, nearest, neatest, and starter. For points, 32 words tie at 7 points, including eastern, nearest and neatest.
Unscrambling natterers turns up 65 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrest, easter and enters. For points, 65 words tie at 6 points, including arrest, easter and enters.
There are 76 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in natterers. If a familiar word is all you need, start with earns, eaten and enter. For points, 76 words tie at 5 points, including earns, eaten and enter.
Rearranging the letters in natterers produces 76 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ants, arts and earn. For points, 76 words tie at 4 points, including ants, arts and earn.
Unscrambling natterers turns up 45 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant, are and art. For points, 45 words tie at 3 points, including ant, are and art.
There are 14 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in natterers. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, and at. For points, 14 words tie at 2 points, including an, as and at.
4 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in natterers plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in natterers and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
natterers is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, but not in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it plays in Scrabble only.
natterers is one of two nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing natterers unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are natterers and ratteners, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from natterers 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 natterers produce 317 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 nine-letter words, 7 eight-letter words, 32 seven-letter words, 65 six-letter words, 76 five-letter words, 76 four-letter words, 45 three-letter words and 14 two-letter words.