Hidden inside restrainer sit errantries and restrainer, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 493 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
errantries and restrainer tie for the highest Scrabble score from restrainer at 10 points. The top 10 of 493 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in restrainer: one comes from rearranging its letters, and restrainer itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are errantries and restrainer, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling restrainer turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are retainers and ternaries, 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 24 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in restrainer. If a familiar word is all you need, start with restrain and trainers. For points, the strongest plays are arenites, arrester, arsenite, arteries, inserter, rearrest, reinsert, reinters, rentiers, resinate, restrain, retainer, retirers, retrains, starrier, stearine, strainer, tarriers, terrains, terranes, terriers, terrines, trainees, and trainers — 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 restrainer produces 56 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eastern, entries, nastier, nearest, retires, and trainer. For points, the strongest plays are aeriest, anestri, antsier, arenite, artsier, earners, earnest, eastern, entires, entries, errants, etesian, etriers, nastier, nearest, ranters, ratines, rearers, reearns, reinter, renters, rentier, reraise, rerents, rerisen, retains, retears, retinae, retinas, retines, retirer, retires, retrain, retries, retsina, seriate, serrate, sierran, stainer, stearin, sterane, sterner, stirrer, tarrier, tarries, tarsier, tearers, tearier, terrain, terrane, terrier, terries, terrine, trainee, trainer, and trienes — 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 restrainer turns up 102 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrest, easier, easter, enters, entire, nearer, and neater. For points, the strongest plays are aerier, aeries, airers, airest, antres, arenes, aretes, arisen, arrest, arsine, artier, artsie, astern, earner, easier, easter, eaters, enates, entera, enters, entire, eraser, errant, estrin, etrier, inerts, insert, instar, inters, irater, nearer, neater, nereis, nester, niters, nitres, raiser, ranees, ranter, rarest, raster, raters, ratine, rearer, reearn, renest, renter, rentes, rerent, rerise, reseat, resent, resite, rester, retain, retear, reties, retina, retine, retire, rinser, ristra, santir, sarnie, sateen, satire, searer, seater, seiner, seitan, senate, serein, serine, sierra, sinter, sirree, snarer, starer, sterna, strain, striae, strine, tarres, tearer, teaser, tenesi, teniae, tenias, tenser, terais, ternes, terrae, terras, terser, tineas, tisane, trains, treens, triene, triens, triers, 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 124 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in restrainer. If a familiar word is all you need, start with earns, eaten, enter, erase, rains, raise, and rarer. For points, the strongest plays are aerie, airer, airns, airts, anise, antes, antis, antre, arene, arete, arise, arris, aster, astir, earns, easer, eaten, eater, enate, enter, entia, erase, ernes, ester, etnas, inert, inset, inter, irate, nares, naris, nates, nears, neats, neist, nerts, niter, nites, nitre, rains, raise, ranee, ranis, rants, rarer, rares, raser, rater, rates, reais, rears, reest, reins, rente, rents, reran, resat, reset, resin, resit, retia, retie, riant, rinse, risen, riser, rites, saint, saner, saree, sarin, satin, seine, sente, senti, serai, serer, serin, setae, siree, siren, sirra, sitar, snare, sneer, stain, stair, stane, stare, steer, stein, stere, stern, stria, tains, tares, tarns, tarre, tarsi, taser, tears, tease, teens, teins, tenia, tense, terai, teres, terne, terns, terra, terse, tians, tiers, tinea, tines, tires, train, trans, treen, trees, trier, 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 restrainer produces 100 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, ants, arts, earn, ears, ease, and east. For points, the strongest plays are ains, airn, airs, airt, aits, anes, anis, ante, anti, ants, ares, arie, arse, arts, ates, earn, ears, ease, east, eats, eras, erne, erns, errs, erst, esne, etas, etna, ires, naes, nare, near, neat, nest, nets, nite, nits, rain, rais, rani, rant, rare, rase, rate, rats, rear, rees, rein, reis, rent, rest, rete, rets, rias, rins, rise, rite, sain, sane, sari, sate, sati, sear, seat, seen, seer, sene, sent, sera, sere, seta, sine, sire, site, snit, stan, star, stir, tain, tans, tare, tarn, tars, tase, tear, teas, teen, tees, tein, tens, tern, tian, tier, ties, tine, tins, tire, tree, 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 restrainer turns up 63 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 ain, air, ais, ait, ane, ani, ant, are, ars, art, ate, ats, ear, eat, ens, era, ere, ern, err, ers, est, eta, ins, ire, its, nae, nee, net, nit, rai, ran, ras, rat, ree, rei, res, ret, ria, rin, sae, san, sat, sea, see, sei, sen, ser, set, sin, sir, sit, sri, tae, tan, tar, tas, tea, tee, ten, tes, tie, 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 20 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in restrainer. 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, an, ar, as, at, en, er, es, et, in, is, it, 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.
3 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in restrainer plus one additional letter.
restrainer 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.
Dictionaries record two senses for restrainer. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
restrainer is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing restrainer unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are errantries and restrainer, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from restrainer 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 restrainer produce 493 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 2 nine-letter words, 24 eight-letter words, 56 seven-letter words, 102 six-letter words, 124 five-letter words, 100 four-letter words, 63 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.