Hidden inside sparser sit parsers, raspers, sparers and 1 other, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 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.
parsers, raspers, sparers and 6 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from sparser at 9 points. The top 10 of 111 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 4 seven-letter words hiding in sparser: three come from rearranging its letters, and sparser itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are parsers, raspers, sparers, and sparser, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling sparser turns up 14 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with sparer and spares. For points, the strongest plays are aspers, parers, parser, parses, passer, prases, rapers, rasper, repass, sparer, spares, sparse, and spears — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 28 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sparser. If a familiar word is all you need, start with press and spare. For points, the strongest plays are apers, apres, apses, asper, parer, pares, parrs, parse, pases, passe, pears, prase, presa, press, raper, rapes, rasps, reaps, spaes, spare, spars, and spear — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in sparser produces 33 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with apes, ears, eras, pass, peas, raps, and rare. For points, the strongest plays are aper, apes, apse, asps, pare, parr, pars, pase, pass, pear, peas, rape, raps, rasp, reap, reps, saps, seps, spae, spar, and spas — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling sparser turns up 24 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ape, are, ass, ear, era, pea, and per. For points, the strongest plays are ape, asp, par, pas, pea, per, pes, rap, rep, sap, and spa — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sparser. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as. For points, the strongest plays are pa and pe — each worth 4 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 sparser and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
sparser 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.
sparser is one of four seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing sparser unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are parsers, raspers, sparers, and sparser, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from sparser 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 sparser produce 111 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 4 seven-letter words, 14 six-letter words, 28 five-letter words, 33 four-letter words, 24 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.