Hidden inside starrier sit starrier and tarriers, eight-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 167 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
starrier and tarriers tie for the highest Scrabble score from starrier at 8 points. The top 10 of 167 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 eight-letter words hiding in starrier: one comes from rearranging its letters, and starrier itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are starrier and tarriers, 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 starrier produces 5 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are artsier, stirrer, tarrier, tarries, and tarsier, 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 starrier turns up 19 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrest and rarest. For points, the strongest plays are airers, airest, arrest, artier, artsie, irater, raiser, rarest, raster, raters, ristra, satire, sierra, starer, striae, tarres, terais, terras, and triers — 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 37 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in starrier. If a familiar word is all you need, start with raise, rarer, rates, stair, stare, tears, and tires. For points, the strongest plays are airer, airts, arise, arris, aster, astir, irate, raise, rarer, rares, raser, rater, rates, reais, rears, resat, resit, retia, riser, rites, serai, sirra, sitar, stair, stare, stria, tares, tarre, tarsi, taser, tears, terai, terra, tiers, tires, trier, and tries — 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 starrier produces 49 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, arts, ears, east, eats, eras, and rare. For points, the strongest plays are airs, airt, aits, ares, arie, arse, arts, ates, ears, east, eats, eras, errs, erst, etas, ires, rais, rare, rase, rate, rats, rear, reis, rest, rets, rias, rise, rite, sari, sate, sati, sear, seat, sera, seta, sire, site, star, stir, tare, tars, tase, tear, teas, tier, ties, tire, 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 starrier turns up 40 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, are, art, ate, ear, eat, and era. For points, the strongest plays are air, ais, ait, are, ars, art, ate, ats, ear, eat, era, err, ers, est, eta, ire, its, rai, ras, rat, rei, res, ret, ria, sae, sat, sea, sei, ser, set, sir, sit, sri, tae, tar, tas, tea, tes, tie, 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 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in starrier. 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.
Swap a single tile in starrier and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
starrier 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 starrier carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
starrier is one of two eight-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing starrier unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are starrier and tarriers, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from starrier 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 starrier produce 167 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 eight-letter words, 5 seven-letter words, 19 six-letter words, 37 five-letter words, 49 four-letter words, 40 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.