Hidden inside ratery is one standout: artery, a six-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 57 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
RATERY isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to ARTERY (noun), a vessel that carries blood away from the heart, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
artery is the highest-scoring word from ratery, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 57 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling ratery produces exactly one six-letter word: artery. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ratery. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are retry, tarry, teary and 2 more, each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in ratery produces 14 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with rare, rate and tear. For points, 9 words tie at 7 points, including tray, year and aery.
Unscrambling ratery turns up 23 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, art and ate. For points, 10 words tie at 6 points, including aye, try and yet.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ratery. If a familiar word is all you need, start with at and ay. For points, the strongest plays are ay, ya, and ye — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
5 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in ratery plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in ratery 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 artery, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ratery 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 ratery produce 57 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 8 five-letter words, 14 four-letter words, 23 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.