Hidden inside ratlines sit entrails, latrines, ratlines and 3 others, eight-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 546 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
entrails, latrines, ratlines and 4 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from ratlines at 8 points. The top 10 of 546 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 6 eight-letter words hiding in ratlines: five come from rearranging its letters, and ratlines itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are entrails, latrines, ratlines, retinals, slantier, and trenails, 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 ratlines produces 36 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nastier and saltier. For points, the strongest plays are aliners, anestri, antlers, antsier, elastin, entails, latrine, linters, nailers, nailset, nastier, ratines, ratline, ratlins, realist, reliant, renails, rentals, retails, retains, retinal, retinas, retsina, salient, saltern, saltier, saltine, saltire, slainte, slatier, stainer, stearin, sternal, tailers, tenails, and trenail — 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 ratlines turns up 91 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alerts, aliens, alters, learns, listen, serial, and silent. For points, the strongest plays are airest, alerts, aliens, aliner, alines, alters, antler, antres, ariels, arisen, arsine, artels, artsie, astern, elains, elints, enlist, entail, estral, estrin, inerts, inlets, insert, instal, instar, intels, inters, larine, laster, latens, learns, learnt, lianes, linear, liners, linter, listen, lister, liters, litres, nailer, niters, nitres, ratels, ratine, ratlin, relist, renail, rental, resail, retail, retain, retial, retina, sailer, saline, salter, saltie, santir, sarnie, satire, seitan, serail, serial, silane, silent, sinter, slater, staler, stelai, stelar, sterna, strain, striae, strine, tailer, talers, tenail, tenias, terais, tilers, tineal, tineas, tinsel, tisane, trails, trains, trials, triens, trinal, and trines — 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 159 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ratlines. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aisle, alert, alien, alter, earns, lanes, and laser. For points, the strongest plays are airns, airts, aisle, alert, alien, aline, alist, alter, anile, anils, anise, antes, antis, antre, ariel, arils, arise, arles, artel, aster, astir, earls, earns, elain, elans, elint, entia, etnas, inert, inlet, inset, intel, inter, irate, islet, istle, lairs, lanes, lares, laris, larns, larnt, laser, laten, later, leans, leant, learn, lears, least, lenis, liane, liars, liens, liers, liner, lines, lints, liras, litas, liter, lites, litre, nails, nares, naris, nates, nears, neats, neist, nerts, niter, nites, nitre, rails, rains, raise, rales, ranis, rants, ratel, rates, reais, reals, reins, relit, renal, rents, resat, resin, resit, retia, rials, riant, riels, riles, rinse, risen, rites, saint, saner, sarin, satin, senti, serai, seral, serin, setal, siren, sitar, slain, slant, slate, slier, snail, snare, snarl, stain, stair, stale, stane, stare, steal, stein, stela, stern, stile, stria, taels, tails, tains, taler, tales, tares, tarns, tarsi, taser, teals, tears, teins, telia, tenia, terai, terns, tesla, tians, tiers, tiler, tiles, tinea, tines, tires, tirls, trail, train, trans, trial, tries, and trine — 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 ratlines produces 153 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, ants, arts, lane, last, late, and lean. For points, the strongest plays are ails, ains, airn, airs, airt, aits, ales, alit, alts, anes, anil, anis, ante, anti, ants, ares, arie, aril, arse, arts, ates, lain, lair, lane, lari, larn, lars, lase, last, late, lati, lats, lean, lear, leas, leis, lens, lent, lest, lets, liar, lias, lien, lier, lies, line, lins, lint, lira, lire, list, lite, lits, naes, nail, nare, near, neat, nest, nets, nils, nite, nits, rail, rain, rais, rale, rani, rant, rase, rate, rats, real, rein, reis, rent, rest, rets, rial, rias, riel, rile, rins, rise, rite, sail, sain, sale, salt, sane, sari, sate, sati, seal, sear, seat, sent, sera, seta, sial, silt, sine, sire, site, slat, slit, snit, stan, star, stir, earl, earn, ears, east, eats, elan, eras, erns, erst, etas, etna, ilea, ires, isle, tael, tail, tain, tale, tali, tans, tare, tarn, tars, tase, teal, tear, teas, tein, tela, tels, tens, tern, tian, tier, ties, tile, tils, tine, tins, tire, tirl, tres, 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 ratlines turns up 77 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, ant, are, art, ate, ear, and eat. For points, the strongest plays are ail, ain, air, ais, ait, ale, als, alt, ane, ani, ant, are, ars, art, ate, ats, ear, eat, els, ens, era, ern, ers, est, eta, ins, ire, its, lar, las, lat, lea, lei, let, lie, lin, lis, lit, nae, net, nil, nit, rai, ran, ras, rat, rei, res, ret, ria, rin, sae, sal, san, sat, sea, sei, sel, sen, ser, set, sin, sir, sit, sri, tae, tan, tar, tas, tea, tel, ten, tes, tie, til, tin, and tis — 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 ratlines. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, at, in, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ae, ai, al, an, ar, as, at, el, en, er, es, et, in, is, it, la, li, na, ne, re, si, ta, te, and ti — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
32 nine-letter words can be made using all the letters in ratlines plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in ratlines and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
ratlines 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 one sense for ratlines. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 8 points on a Scrabble board:
ratlines is one of six eight-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing ratlines unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are entrails, latrines, ratlines, retinals, slantier, and trenails, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from ratlines 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 ratlines produce 546 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 6 eight-letter words, 36 seven-letter words, 91 six-letter words, 159 five-letter words, 153 four-letter words, 77 three-letter words and 24 two-letter words.