Hidden inside sternites sit insetters, interests, sternites and 1 other, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 304 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
insetters, interests, sternites and 6 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from sternites at 9 points. The top 10 of 304 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 4 nine-letter words hiding in sternites: three come from rearranging its letters, and sternites itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with interests. For points, the strongest plays are insetters, interests, sternites, and triteness — 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 7 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sternites. If a familiar word is all you need, start with interest. For points, the strongest plays are insetter, interest, sentries, sternest, sternite, stinters, and trientes — 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 sternites produces 31 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with entries, resents, sitters, streets, and tensest. For points, the strongest plays are entires, entries, estrins, inserts, nesters, netters, nettier, renests, resents, resites, retests, retines, retints, seiners, sereins, serines, sestine, setters, sinters, sitters, stinter, streets, strines, tensest, tenters, tentier, tersest, testers, testier, tinters, and trienes — 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 sternites turns up 73 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with enters, entire, resent, resist, series, sirens, and sister. For points, the strongest plays are enters, entire, esters, estrin, inerts, insert, insets, inters, nereis, nester, netter, niters, nitres, reests, renest, rentes, resent, resets, resins, resist, resite, resits, retest, reties, retine, retint, rinses, seiner, seines, seiser, sensei, serein, serest, series, serine, serins, sestet, setter, sinter, sirees, sirens, sister, sitten, sitter, sneers, steers, steins, stents, steres, sterns, stints, street, strine, tenesi, tenets, tenser, tenses, tenter, tentie, ternes, tester, testes, testis, tetris, tinter, titers, titres, treens, triene, triens, trines, 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 80 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sternites. If a familiar word is all you need, start with enter, nests, rents, rests, risen, rises, and sense. For points, the strongest plays are enter, ernes, erses, esnes, ester, inert, inset, inter, neist, nerts, nests, netts, niter, nites, nitre, reest, reins, rente, rents, reses, reset, resin, resit, rests, retie, rinse, risen, rises, rites, seers, seine, seise, senes, sense, sente, senti, sents, seres, serin, setts, sines, siree, siren, sires, sites, sneer, snits, steer, stein, stent, stere, stern, stets, sties, stint, stirs, teens, teins, tenet, tense, tents, teres, terne, terns, terse, tests, tetri, tiers, tines, tints, tires, titer, titre, treen, trees, tress, trets, tries, trine, and trite — 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 sternites produces 62 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nest, nets, rent, rest, rise, seen, and sees. For points, the strongest plays are erne, erns, erst, eses, esne, esse, ests, ires, ness, nest, nets, nett, nite, nits, rees, rein, reis, rent, rest, rete, rets, rins, rise, rite, seen, seer, sees, seis, sene, sent, sere, sers, sets, sett, sine, sins, sire, sirs, site, sits, snit, sris, stet, stir, teen, tees, tein, tens, tent, tern, test, tets, tier, ties, tine, tins, tint, tire, tits, tree, tres, and tret — 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 sternites turns up 35 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with its, net, see, set, sin, sir, and sit. For points, the strongest plays are ens, ere, ern, ers, ess, est, ins, ire, its, nee, net, nit, ree, rei, res, ret, rin, see, sei, sen, ser, set, sin, sir, sis, sit, sri, tee, ten, tes, tet, tie, tin, 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 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sternites. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are en, er, es, et, in, is, it, ne, re, si, 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.
8 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in sternites plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in sternites 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.
sternites 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.
sternites is one of four nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing sternites unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are insetters, interests, sternites, and triteness, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from sternites 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 sternites produce 304 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 4 nine-letter words, 7 eight-letter words, 31 seven-letter words, 73 six-letter words, 80 five-letter words, 62 four-letter words, 35 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.