alabasters needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 405 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
alabasters is the highest-scoring word from alabasters, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 405 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in alabasters — and it is alabasters itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling alabasters turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are alabaster and arbalests, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 5 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alabasters. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are arbalest, basaltes, blasters, ratables, and stablers, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in alabasters produces 28 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with breasts. For points, the strongest plays are abasers, abaters, ablates, abreast, albatas, arables, atabals, balases, balatas, barless, basalts, basters, blaster, braless, breasts, labrets, ratable, sablest, stabler, and stables — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling alabasters turns up 71 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ablest, alerts, altars, alters, barest, beasts, and blasts. For points, the strongest plays are abaser, abases, abater, abates, ablate, ablest, albata, arable, atabal, baases, balata, balers, balsas, barest, basalt, basest, basser, basset, baster, bastes, beasts, blares, blasts, blears, bleats, breast, labara, labret, rabats, sabals, sabers, sabler, sables, sabras, sabres, stable, tabers, tablas, and tables — 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 115 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alabasters. If a familiar word is all you need, start with abler, alert, altar, alter, areas, bases, and bears. For points, the strongest plays are abase, abate, abets, abler, ables, albas, baals, balas, baler, bales, balsa, bares, basal, baser, bases, baste, basts, bates, beals, bears, beast, beats, belts, bests, betas, blare, blase, blast, blate, blats, blear, bleat, bless, blest, blets, braes, brass, brats, labra, rabat, sabal, saber, sabes, sable, sabra, sabre, slabs, stabs, taber, tabes, tabla, and table — 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 alabasters produces 106 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with able, area, arts, bare, bars, base, and bass. For points, the strongest plays are abas, abet, able, alba, albs, arbs, baal, baas, baes, bale, bals, bare, bars, base, bass, bast, bate, bats, beal, bear, beat, bels, belt, best, beta, bets, blae, blat, blet, brae, bras, brat, labs, rebs, sabe, sabs, slab, stab, and tabs — 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 alabasters turns up 60 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, art, ass, ate, bar, bat, and bet. For points, the strongest plays are aba, abs, alb, arb, baa, bae, bal, bar, bas, bat, bel, bes, bet, bra, lab, reb, sab, and tab — 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 17 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alabasters. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at, and be. For points, the strongest plays are ab, ba, and be — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
alabasters 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 four senses for alabasters. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
alabasters is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing alabasters unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is alabasters, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from alabasters 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 alabasters produce 405 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 5 eight-letter words, 28 seven-letter words, 71 six-letter words, 115 five-letter words, 106 four-letter words, 60 three-letter words and 17 two-letter words.