Hidden inside sestertia sit sestertia and treatises, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 358 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
sestertia and treatises tie for the highest Scrabble score from sestertia at 9 points. The top 10 of 358 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 nine-letter words hiding in sestertia: one comes from rearranging its letters, and sestertia 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 sestertia and treatises, 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 12 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sestertia. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are ariettes, artistes, artsiest, estreats, iterates, restates, retastes, seriates, striates, teariest, treaties, and treatise, 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 sestertia produces 38 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with artists, easiest, easters, estates, sitters, streets, and tastier. For points, the strongest plays are aeriest, ariette, artiest, artiste, artists, artsies, attires, easiest, easters, estates, estreat, iratest, iterate, ratites, reseats, resites, restate, retaste, retests, satires, searest, seaters, seriate, setters, sitters, starets, staters, straits, streets, striate, tasters, tastier, teasers, tersest, tessera, testers, testier, and tsarist — 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 sestertia turns up 74 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with artist, easier, easter, erases, estate, raises, and resist. For points, the strongest plays are aeries, airest, aretes, arises, artist, artsie, assert, asters, attire, easers, easier, easies, easter, eaters, erases, estate, esters, raises, ratite, reests, reseat, resets, resist, resite, resits, retest, reties, sarees, satire, seater, seiser, serais, serest, series, sestet, setter, siesta, sirees, sister, sistra, sitars, sitter, stairs, stares, starts, stater, states, steers, steres, strait, strati, street, striae, tasers, tasset, tassie, taster, tastes, taters, teaser, teases, terais, testae, tester, testes, testis, tetras, tetris, titers, titres, traits, treats, triste, and tsetse — 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 91 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sestertia. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eases, erase, raise, rates, rests, rises, and seats. For points, the strongest plays are aerie, airts, arete, arise, arses, arsis, asset, aster, astir, easer, eases, easts, eater, erase, erses, ester, irate, raise, rases, rates, reais, reest, resat, reses, reset, resit, rests, retia, retie, rises, rites, saree, saris, sates, satis, sears, seats, seers, seise, serai, seres, setae, setts, siree, sires, sitar, sites, stair, stare, stars, start, state, stats, steer, stere, stets, sties, stirs, stria, tares, tarsi, tarts, taser, tases, tasse, taste, tater, tates, tears, tease, teats, terai, teres, terse, testa, tests, tetra, tetri, tiers, tires, titer, titre, trait, trass, treat, trees, tress, trets, tries, trite, and tsars — 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 sestertia produces 76 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, arts, ears, ease, east, eats, and eras. For points, the strongest plays are airs, airt, aits, ares, arie, arse, arts, ates, ears, ease, east, eats, eras, erst, eses, esse, ests, etas, ires, rais, rase, rate, rats, rees, reis, rest, rete, rets, rias, rise, rite, sari, sate, sati, sear, seas, seat, seer, sees, seis, sera, sere, sers, seta, sets, sett, sire, sirs, site, sits, sris, star, stat, stet, stir, tare, tars, tart, tase, tass, tate, tats, tear, teas, teat, tees, test, tets, tier, ties, tire, tits, tree, tres, tret, 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 sestertia turns up 50 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, are, art, ass, ate, ear, and eat. For points, the strongest plays are air, ais, ait, are, ars, art, ass, ate, ats, att, ear, eat, era, ere, ers, ess, est, eta, ire, its, rai, ras, rat, ree, rei, res, ret, ria, sae, sat, sea, see, sei, ser, set, sir, sis, sit, sri, tae, tar, tas, tat, tea, tee, tes, tet, tie, tis, and tit — 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 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sestertia. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ae, ai, ar, as, at, er, es, et, is, it, 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.
11 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in sestertia plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in sestertia 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.
sestertia 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in sestertia carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
sestertia is one of two nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing sestertia unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are sestertia and treatises, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from sestertia 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 sestertia produce 358 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 nine-letter words, 12 eight-letter words, 38 seven-letter words, 74 six-letter words, 91 five-letter words, 76 four-letter words, 50 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.