Hidden inside sarmentous sit neuromasts and sarmentous, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 12 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 940 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
neuromasts and sarmentous tie for the highest Scrabble score from sarmentous at 12 points. The top 10 of 940 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in sarmentous: one comes from rearranging its letters, and sarmentous 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 neuromasts and sarmentous, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling sarmentous turns up 4 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are monsteras, neuromast, and seamounts, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 38 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sarmentous. If a familiar word is all you need, start with maestros, monsters, and senators. For points, 24 words tie at 10 points, including maestros, monsters and enamours.
Rearranging the letters in sarmentous produces 83 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with amounts, maestro and manures. For points, 49 words tie at 9 points, including amounts, maestro and manures.
Unscrambling sarmentous turns up 172 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with amount, amuses and anuses. For points, 77 words tie at 8 points, including amount, amuses and assume.
There are 253 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sarmentous. If a familiar word is all you need, start with amuse, atoms and aunts. For points, 108 words tie at 7 points, including amuse, atoms and smart.
Rearranging the letters in sarmentous produces 237 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with amen, ants and anus. For points, 87 words tie at 6 points, including amen, arms and atom.
Unscrambling sarmentous turns up 118 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant, are and arm. For points, 35 words tie at 5 points, including arm, man and men.
There are 33 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sarmentous. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an and as. For points, 8 words tie at 4 points, including am, me and um.
sarmentous is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, but not in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it plays in Scrabble only.
sarmentous is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing sarmentous unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are neuromasts and sarmentous, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from sarmentous 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 sarmentous produce 940 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 4 nine-letter words, 38 eight-letter words, 83 seven-letter words, 172 six-letter words, 253 five-letter words, 237 four-letter words, 118 three-letter words and 33 two-letter words.