Hidden inside rattener sit natterer and rattener, eight-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 111 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
natterer and rattener tie for the highest Scrabble score from rattener at 8 points. The top 10 of 111 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 eight-letter words hiding in rattener: one comes from rearranging its letters, and rattener 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 natterer and rattener, 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 rattener produces 6 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 entreat, ratteen, retreat, ternate, terrane, and treater, 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 rattener turns up 19 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nearer and neater. For points, the strongest plays are earner, entera, errant, natter, nearer, neater, netter, ranter, ratten, ratter, reearn, renter, rerent, retear, tarter, tearer, tenter, terrae, and terret — 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 19 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in rattener. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eaten, enter, and treat. For points, the strongest plays are antre, arene, arete, eaten, eater, enate, enter, ranee, rater, rente, reran, tarre, tater, tenet, terne, terra, tetra, treat, and treen — 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 rattener produces 25 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with earn, near, neat, rare, rate, rent, and tear. For points, the strongest plays are ante, earn, erne, etna, nare, near, neat, nett, rant, rare, rate, rear, rent, rete, tare, tarn, tart, tate, tear, teat, teen, tent, tern, tree, and tret — 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 rattener turns up 28 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant, are, art, ate, ear, eat, and era. For points, the strongest plays are ane, ant, are, art, ate, att, ear, eat, era, ere, ern, err, eta, nae, nee, net, ran, rat, ree, ret, tae, tan, tar, tat, tea, tee, ten, and tet — 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 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in rattener. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an and at. For points, the strongest plays are ae, an, ar, at, en, er, et, na, ne, re, ta, and te — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in rattener 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.
rattener 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 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
rattener is one of two eight-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing rattener unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are natterer and rattener, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from rattener 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 rattener produce 111 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 eight-letter words, 6 seven-letter words, 19 six-letter words, 19 five-letter words, 25 four-letter words, 28 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.