Hidden inside priestlier sit priestlier and spritelier, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 12 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 332 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
priestlier and spritelier tie for the highest Scrabble score from priestlier at 12 points. The top 10 of 332 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in priestlier: one comes from rearranging its letters, and priestlier itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are priestlier and spritelier, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in priestlier. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are epistler, peltries, perlites and 3 more, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in priestlier produces 35 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with retires. For points, 26 words tie at 9 points, including epistle, pelites and pelters.
Unscrambling priestlier turns up 51 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with pities, priest and relies. For points, 29 words tie at 8 points, including pities, priest and spirit.
There are 96 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in priestlier. If a familiar word is all you need, start with peels, piles and sleep. For points, 54 words tie at 7 points, including peels, piles and sleep.
Rearranging the letters in priestlier produces 83 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with else, lets and lies. For points, 33 words tie at 6 points, including lips, peel and pees.
Unscrambling priestlier turns up 46 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with its, let and lie. For points, 14 words tie at 5 points, including lip, pee and per.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in priestlier. If a familiar word is all you need, start with is and it. For points, the strongest plays are pe and pi — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in priestlier plus one additional letter.
priestlier 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.
priestlier is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing priestlier unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are priestlier and spritelier, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from priestlier 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 priestlier produce 332 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 6 eight-letter words, 35 seven-letter words, 51 six-letter words, 96 five-letter words, 83 four-letter words, 46 three-letter words and 13 two-letter words.