Hidden inside tamari sit amrita and tamari, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 48 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
amrita and tamari tie for the highest Scrabble score from tamari at 8 points. The top 10 of 48 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in tamari: one comes from rearranging its letters, and tamari itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are amrita and tamari, 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 6 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tamari. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are amrit and maria, 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 tamari produces 13 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with trim. For points, the strongest plays are amia, amir, atma, maar, mair, mara, mart, rami, tram, and trim — 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 tamari turns up 17 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, air, arm, art, and rat. For points, the strongest plays are aim, ama, ami, arm, mar, mat, mir, ram, rim, and tam — 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 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tamari. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, at, and it. For points, the strongest plays are am, ma, and mi — 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 tamari and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
tamari 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.
tamari is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing tamari unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are amrita and tamari, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from tamari 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 tamari produce 48 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 6 five-letter words, 13 four-letter words, 17 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.