Hidden inside newstr is one standout: strewn, a six-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 58 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
NEWSTR isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to STREWN (verb, form of strew), to scatter about, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
strewn is the highest-scoring word from newstr, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 58 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling newstr produces exactly one six-letter word: strewn. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 9 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in newstr. If a familiar word is all you need, start with rents. For points, 5 words tie at 8 points, including newts, strew and trews.
Rearranging the letters in newstr produces 22 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nest, nets and news. For points, 11 words tie at 7 points, including news, sewn and stew.
Unscrambling newstr turns up 17 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with net, new and set. For points, 5 words tie at 6 points, including new, sew and wet.
4 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in newstr plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in newstr and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is strewn, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from newstr 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 newstr produce 58 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 9 five-letter words, 22 four-letter words, 17 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.