Hidden inside starchier sit charriest and starchier, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 14 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 497 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
charriest and starchier tie for the highest Scrabble score from starchier at 14 points. The top 10 of 497 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 nine-letter words hiding in starchier: one comes from rearranging its letters, and starchier 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 charriest and starchier, each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 7 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in starchier. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are chariest, charters, recharts and 2 more, each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in starchier produces 33 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with carries, richest, and scarier. For points, 16 words tie at 12 points, including richest, achiest and aitches.
Unscrambling starchier turns up 87 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrest, caters and chairs. For points, 29 words tie at 11 points, including chairs, charts and cheats.
There are 141 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in starchier. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cares, carts and cater. For points, 30 words tie at 10 points, including chair, chart and chase.
Rearranging the letters in starchier produces 133 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with acts, airs and arts. For points, 18 words tie at 9 points, including cash, chat and each.
Unscrambling starchier turns up 73 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, air and are. For points, the strongest plays are chi, hic, and ich — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 21 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in starchier. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, as and at. For points, 6 words tie at 5 points, including ah, eh and ha.
6 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in starchier plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in starchier 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.
starchier 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 starchier carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
starchier is one of two nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing starchier unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are charriest and starchier, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from starchier 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 starchier produce 497 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 nine-letter words, 7 eight-letter words, 33 seven-letter words, 87 six-letter words, 141 five-letter words, 133 four-letter words, 73 three-letter words and 21 two-letter words.