paltriest needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 11 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 681 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
paltriest is the highest-scoring word from paltriest, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 681 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in paltriest — and it is paltriest itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 13 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in paltriest. If a familiar word is all you need, start with platters. For points, the strongest plays are partiest, partlets, pilaster, plaister, plaiters, platiest, platters, prattles, splatter, splitter, sprattle, and triplets — 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 paltriest produces 57 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with parties, pirates, platter, saltier, startle, and tastier. For points, the strongest plays are aplites, paliest, palsier, palters, parties, partite, partlet, pastier, patters, patties, peltast, persalt, piaster, piastre, pirates, plaiter, plaster, platers, platier, platies, platter, praties, prattle, psalter, resplit, spatter, spitter, spittle, stapler, talipes, tapster, tipster, traipse, triples, and triplet — 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 paltriest turns up 113 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alerts, alters, artist, latest, lattes, pirate, and plates. For points, the strongest plays are aplite, aptest, aspire, espial, esprit, lapser, lipase, lisper, palest, palets, palier, palter, paries, parles, pastel, paster, pastie, pastil, paters, patter, pattie, pearls, perils, petals, petsai, pietas, pirate, pittas, plaits, plater, plates, pleats, pliers, praise, prates, pratie, priest, rapist, repast, ripest, septal, sitrep, spiral, spirea, spital, sprite, staple, stipel, stripe, stript, tapers, tapirs, tepals, trapes, tripes, and triple — 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 205 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in paltriest. If a familiar word is all you need, start with pairs, parts, piles, plate, raise, rates, and slept. For points, the strongest plays are pails, pairs, paise, paler, pales, palet, palis, pares, paris, parle, parse, parts, paste, pater, pates, peals, pearl, pears, peart, peats, pelts, peril, peris, petal, petit, petti, piers, pieta, pilar, pilea, piles, piste, pitas, pitta, plait, plate, plats, pleas, pleat, plier, plies, prase, prate, prats, presa, prest, pries, prise, rapes, reaps, ripes, salep, sepal, sepia, septa, slept, slipe, slipt, spail, spait, spale, spare, spate, spear, speil, speir, spelt, spiel, spier, spile, spilt, spire, spirt, spite, splat, split, sprat, sprit, stipe, stirp, strap, strep, strip, taper, tapes, tapir, tapis, tarps, tepal, tepas, apers, apres, apter, asper, atrip, lapis, lapse, larps, leaps, leapt, lepta, lipas, traps, trapt, tripe, and trips — 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 paltriest produces 181 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, apes, arts, laps, last, late, and leap. For points, the strongest plays are alps, aper, apes, apse, laps, larp, leap, lept, lipa, lipe, lips, lisp, pail, pair, pale, pali, pals, pare, pars, part, pase, past, pate, pats, peal, pear, peas, peat, pelt, peri, pert, pest, pets, pial, pias, pier, pies, pile, pita, pits, plat, plea, plie, prat, rape, raps, rapt, rasp, reap, reps, ripe, rips, salp, sept, sipe, slap, slip, spae, spar, spat, spit, step, tape, taps, tarp, tepa, tips, trap, and trip — 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 paltriest turns up 89 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, ape, are, art, ate, ear, and eat. For points, the strongest plays are alp, ape, apt, asp, lap, lip, pal, par, pas, pat, pea, per, pes, pet, pia, pie, pis, pit, psi, pst, rap, rep, rip, sap, sip, spa, tap, and tip — 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 22 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in paltriest. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are pa, pe, and pi — 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 paltriest 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.
paltriest 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
paltriest is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing paltriest unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is paltriest, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from paltriest 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 paltriest produce 681 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 13 eight-letter words, 57 seven-letter words, 113 six-letter words, 205 five-letter words, 181 four-letter words, 89 three-letter words and 22 two-letter words.