Hidden inside tarter sit ratter and tarter, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 6 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 41 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ratter and tarter tie for the highest Scrabble score from tarter at 6 points. The top 10 of 41 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in tarter: one comes from rearranging its letters, and tarter 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 ratter and tarter, 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 6 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tarter. If a familiar word is all you need, start with treat. For points, the strongest plays are rater, tarre, tater, terra, tetra, and treat — 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 tarter produces 9 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with rare, rate, and tear. For points, the strongest plays are rare, rate, rear, tare, tart, tate, tear, teat, 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 tarter turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, and rat. For points, the strongest plays are are, art, ate, att, ear, eat, era, err, eta, rat, ret, tae, tar, tat, tea, and tet — 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 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tarter. If a familiar word is all you need, start with at. For points, the strongest plays are ae, ar, at, er, et, re, ta, and te — 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 tarter 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.
tarter 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 tarter carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
tarter is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing tarter unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are ratter and tarter, worth 6 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from tarter 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 tarter produce 41 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 6 five-letter words, 9 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.