tantalises needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 10 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 509 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
tantalises is the highest-scoring word from tantalises, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 509 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in tantalises — and it is tantalises itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling tantalises turns up 5 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are astatines, sanitates, slantiest and 2 more, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 20 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tantalises. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nastiest and saltiest. For points, 20 words tie at 8 points, including nastiest, saltiest and antsiest.
Rearranging the letters in tantalises produces 45 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with listens and talents. For points, 45 words tie at 7 points, including listens, talents and aetatis.
Unscrambling tantalises turns up 89 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aisles, aliens and latest. For points, 89 words tie at 6 points, including aisles, aliens and latest.
There are 136 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tantalises. If a familiar word is all you need, start with sails, saint and sales. For points, 136 words tie at 5 points, including sails, saint and sales.
Rearranging the letters in tantalises produces 126 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ants, lane and last. For points, 126 words tie at 4 points, including ants, lane and last.
Unscrambling tantalises turns up 65 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant, ass and ate. For points, 65 words tie at 3 points, including ant, ass and ate.
There are 22 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tantalises. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as and at. For points, 22 words tie at 2 points, including an, as and at.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in tantalises plus one additional letter.
tantalises 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for tantalises. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
tantalises is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing tantalises unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is tantalises, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from tantalises 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 tantalises produce 509 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 5 nine-letter words, 20 eight-letter words, 45 seven-letter words, 89 six-letter words, 136 five-letter words, 126 four-letter words, 65 three-letter words and 22 two-letter words.