Hidden inside starriest sit starriest and traitress, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 315 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
starriest and traitress tie for the highest Scrabble score from starriest at 9 points. The top 10 of 315 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 nine-letter words hiding in starriest: one comes from rearranging its letters, and starriest 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 starriest and traitress, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in starriest. If a familiar word is all you need, start with starters. For points, 8 words tie at 8 points, including starters, artistes and artsiest.
Rearranging the letters in starriest produces 33 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrests, artists and sitters. For points, 33 words tie at 7 points, including arrests, artists and sitters.
Unscrambling starriest turns up 63 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrest, artist and raises. For points, 63 words tie at 6 points, including arrest, artist and raises.
There are 78 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in starriest. If a familiar word is all you need, start with raise, rates and rests. For points, 78 words tie at 5 points, including raise, rates and rests.
Rearranging the letters in starriest produces 69 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, arts and ears. For points, 69 words tie at 4 points, including airs, arts and ears.
Unscrambling starriest turns up 47 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, are and art. For points, 47 words tie at 3 points, including air, are and art.
There are 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in starriest. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at, is, and it. For points, 15 words tie at 2 points, including as, at and is.
4 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in starriest plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in starriest 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.
starriest 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 starriest carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
starriest is one of two nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing starriest unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are starriest and traitress, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from starriest 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 starriest produce 315 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 nine-letter words, 8 eight-letter words, 33 seven-letter words, 63 six-letter words, 78 five-letter words, 69 four-letter words, 47 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.