arteries needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 8 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 226 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
arteries is the highest-scoring word from arteries, worth 8 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 226 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in arteries — and it is arteries itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in arteries produces 14 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with retires. For points, the strongest plays are aeriest, artsier, etriers, reraise, retears, retires, retries, seriate, serrate, tarries, tarsier, tearers, tearier, and terries — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling arteries turns up 41 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrest, easier, easter, rarest, and retire. For points, the strongest plays are aerier, aeries, airers, airest, aretes, arrest, artier, artsie, easier, easter, eaters, eraser, etrier, irater, raiser, rarest, raster, raters, rerise, reseat, resite, rester, retear, reties, retire, ristra, satire, searer, seater, sierra, sirree, starer, striae, tarres, tearer, teaser, terais, terrae, terras, terser, and triers — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 55 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in arteries. If a familiar word is all you need, start with erase, raise, rates, stair, stare, steer, and tears. For points, the strongest plays are aerie, airer, airts, arete, arise, arris, aster, astir, easer, eater, erase, ester, irate, raise, rares, raser, rater, rates, reais, rears, reest, resat, reset, resit, retia, retie, riser, rites, saree, serai, serer, setae, siree, sirra, sitar, stair, stare, steer, stere, stria, tares, tarre, tarsi, taser, tears, tease, terai, teres, terra, terse, tiers, tires, trees, trier, and tries — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in arteries produces 56 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, arts, ears, ease, east, eats, and eras. For points, the strongest plays are airs, airt, aits, ares, arie, arse, arts, ates, ears, ease, east, eats, eras, errs, erst, etas, ires, rais, rare, rase, rate, rats, rear, rees, reis, rest, rete, rets, rias, rise, rite, sari, sate, sati, sear, seat, seer, sera, sere, seta, sire, site, star, stir, tare, tars, tase, tear, teas, tees, tier, ties, tire, tree, tres, and tsar — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling arteries turns up 44 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, are, art, ate, ear, eat, and era. For points, the strongest plays are air, ais, ait, are, ars, art, ate, ats, ear, eat, era, ere, err, ers, est, eta, ire, its, rai, ras, rat, ree, rei, res, ret, ria, sae, sat, sea, see, sei, ser, set, sir, sit, sri, tae, tar, tas, tea, tee, tes, tie, and tis — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in arteries. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ae, ai, ar, as, at, er, es, et, is, it, re, si, ta, te, and ti — each worth 2 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 arteries 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.
arteries 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in arteries carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
arteries is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing arteries unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is arteries, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and no other word from arteries 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 arteries produce 226 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 14 seven-letter words, 41 six-letter words, 55 five-letter words, 56 four-letter words, 44 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.