Hidden inside purtain is one standout: puritan, a seven-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 114 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
PURTAIN isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to PURITAN (noun), a rigorously moral or religious person, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
puritan is the highest-scoring word from purtain, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 114 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling purtain produces exactly one seven-letter word: puritan. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 16 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in purtain. If a familiar word is all you need, start with paint, print, and train. For points, 12 words tie at 7 points, including paint, print and atrip.
Rearranging the letters in purtain produces 36 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aunt, pain and pair. For points, 20 words tie at 6 points, including pain, pair and part.
Unscrambling purtain turns up 43 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, ant and art. For points, 19 words tie at 5 points, including nap, pan and pin.
There are 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in purtain. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, at and in. For points, the strongest plays are pa, pi, and up — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
2 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in purtain plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in purtain and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is puritan, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from purtain 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 purtain produce 114 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 3 six-letter words, 16 five-letter words, 36 four-letter words, 43 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.