Hidden inside rationals sit antisolar and rationals, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 457 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
antisolar and rationals tie for the highest Scrabble score from rationals at 9 points. The top 10 of 457 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 nine-letter words hiding in rationals: one comes from rearranging its letters, and rationals itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are antisolar and rationals, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 6 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in rationals. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are alations, losartan, notarial, orinasal, rational, and tonsilar, each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in rationals produces 20 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are alastor, alation, antiars, aroints, artisan, atonias, lariats, latinas, latinos, latrias, nostril, oralist, rations, ratlins, rialtos, solaria, solatia, tailors, talions, and tsarina, 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 rationals turns up 67 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with altars, sailor, trails, trains, and trials. For points, the strongest plays are alants, aloins, altars, antiar, antral, aorist, aortal, aortas, arista, aristo, aroint, arsino, aslant, astral, atonal, atonia, atrial, instal, instar, intros, laaris, lanais, lariat, latina, latino, latria, lianas, lorans, nairas, narial, nasial, nitros, norias, raitas, ratals, ratans, ration, ratios, ratlin, rialto, riatas, sailor, salina, santir, santol, satori, sonata, sortal, stanol, strain, tailor, talars, talion, talons, tarnal, tarsal, tarsia, tiaras, tolans, tolars, tonsil, trails, trains, trials, trinal, triols, and tronas — 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 132 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in rationals. If a familiar word is all you need, start with altar, irons, liars, lions, loans, nails, and rains. For points, the strongest plays are airns, airts, alans, alant, alias, alist, aloin, altar, altos, anils, anlas, anoas, antas, antis, antra, aorta, arias, arils, arson, artal, astir, atlas, atria, inros, intro, iotas, irons, laari, lairs, lanai, laris, larns, larnt, liana, liars, linos, lints, lions, liras, lirot, litas, loans, loins, loran, loris, lotas, lotsa, nails, naira, nalas, naris, nasal, natal, nitro, noils, noirs, noria, noris, notal, orals, ornis, ostia, raias, rails, rains, raita, ranis, rants, ratal, ratan, ratio, ratos, rials, riant, riata, riots, roans, roast, roils, rosin, rosti, rotas, rotis, rotls, saint, salat, salon, santo, saran, sarin, satin, sitar, slain, slant, snail, snarl, snort, solan, solar, sonar, sorta, stain, stair, stoai, stria, tails, tains, talar, talas, talon, tarns, taros, tarsi, tians, tiara, tirls, tiros, toils, tolan, tolar, tolas, tonal, toras, torsi, trail, train, trans, trial, triol, trios, trois, and trona — 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 rationals produces 140 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, also, ants, arts, last, liar, and lion. For points, the strongest plays are aals, ails, ains, airn, airs, airt, aits, alan, alar, alas, alit, also, alto, alts, anal, anas, anil, anis, anoa, ansa, anta, anti, ants, aria, aril, aros, arts, lain, lair, lari, larn, lars, last, lati, lats, liar, lias, lino, lins, lint, lion, lira, list, lits, loan, loin, lorn, lost, lota, loti, lots, nail, nala, naoi, naos, nils, nits, noil, noir, nori, nota, oars, oast, oats, oils, oral, orts, osar, raia, rail, rain, rais, rani, rant, rato, rats, rial, rias, rins, riot, roan, roil, rota, roti, rotl, rots, sail, sain, salt, sari, sati, sial, silo, silt, slat, slit, slot, snit, snot, soar, soil, sola, soli, sora, sori, sorn, sort, stan, star, stir, stoa, inro, into, ions, iota, iron, tail, tain, tala, tali, tans, taos, tarn, taro, tars, tian, tils, tins, tirl, tiro, toil, tola, tons, tora, tori, torn, tors, tosa, trio, 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 rationals turns up 66 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, ant, art, its, lit, lot, and nor. For points, the strongest plays are aal, aas, ail, ain, air, ais, ait, ala, als, alt, ana, ani, ant, aro, ars, art, ats, ins, ion, its, lar, las, lat, lin, lis, lit, lor, lot, nil, nit, nor, nos, not, oar, oat, oil, ons, ora, ors, ort, rai, ran, ras, rat, ria, rin, rot, sal, san, sat, sin, sir, sit, sol, son, sot, sri, tan, tao, tar, tas, til, tin, tis, ton, and tor — 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 24 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in rationals. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, at, in, is, it, and no. For points, the strongest plays are aa, ai, al, an, ar, as, at, in, is, it, la, li, lo, na, no, oi, on, or, os, si, so, ta, ti, and to — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
7 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in rationals plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in rationals 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.
rationals 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.
Dictionaries record five senses for rationals. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 9 points on a Scrabble board:
rationals is one of two nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing rationals unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are antisolar and rationals, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from rationals 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 rationals produce 457 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 nine-letter words, 6 eight-letter words, 20 seven-letter words, 67 six-letter words, 132 five-letter words, 140 four-letter words, 66 three-letter words and 24 two-letter words.