Hidden inside tarriest sit straiter and tarriest, eight-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 230 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
straiter and tarriest tie for the highest Scrabble score from tarriest at 8 points. The top 10 of 230 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 eight-letter words hiding in tarriest: one comes from rearranging its letters, and tarriest 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 straiter and tarriest, 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 tarriest produces 17 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with starter and tastier. For points, the strongest plays are artiest, artiste, artsier, attires, iratest, ratites, ratters, rattier, restart, ritters, starter, striate, tarries, tarsier, tartier, tastier, and territs — 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 tarriest turns up 40 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrest, artist, rarest, sitter, and treats. For points, the strongest plays are airers, airest, arrest, artier, artist, artsie, attire, irater, raiser, rarest, raster, raters, ratite, ratter, ristra, ritter, satire, sierra, sitter, starer, stater, strait, strati, striae, tarres, tarter, taster, taters, terais, terras, territ, tetras, tetris, titers, titres, traits, treats, triers, triste, and triter — 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 52 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tarriest. If a familiar word is all you need, start with raise, rates, stair, stare, start, state, and taste. For points, the strongest plays are airer, airts, arise, arris, aster, astir, irate, raise, rares, raser, rater, rates, reais, rears, resat, resit, retia, riser, rites, serai, sirra, sitar, stair, stare, start, state, stria, tares, tarre, tarsi, tarts, taser, taste, tater, tates, tears, teats, terai, terra, testa, tetra, tetri, tiers, tires, titer, titre, trait, treat, trets, trier, tries, 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 tarriest produces 60 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, sett, sire, site, star, stat, stet, stir, tare, tars, tart, tase, tate, tats, tear, teas, teat, test, tets, tier, ties, tire, tits, tres, tret, 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 tarriest turns up 44 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, att, 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, tat, tea, tes, tet, tie, 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 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tarriest. 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 tarriest 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.
tarriest 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 tarriest carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
tarriest is one of two eight-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing tarriest unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are straiter and tarriest, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from tarriest 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 tarriest produce 230 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 eight-letter words, 17 seven-letter words, 40 six-letter words, 52 five-letter words, 60 four-letter words, 44 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.