Hidden inside restraint sit restraint and retirants, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 436 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
restraint and retirants tie for the highest Scrabble score from restraint at 9 points. The top 10 of 436 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 nine-letter words hiding in restraint: one comes from rearranging its letters, and restraint itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are restraint and retirants, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 12 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in restraint. If a familiar word is all you need, start with restrain and trainers. For points, the strongest plays are intreats, nitrates, restrain, retirant, retrains, strainer, straiten, straiter, tarriest, terrains, tertians, and trainers — 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 restraint produces 45 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nastier, starter, tastier, and trainer. For points, the strongest plays are anestri, antsier, artiest, artiste, artsier, attires, errants, instate, intreat, iratest, iterant, nastier, natters, nattier, nitrate, ranters, ratines, ratites, rattens, ratters, rattier, restart, retains, retinas, retints, retrain, retsina, ritters, satinet, sierran, stainer, starter, stearin, stinter, striate, tarries, tarsier, tartier, tastier, terrain, territs, tertian, tinters, trainer, and transit — 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 restraint turns up 80 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrest, artist, rarest, sitter, trains, and treats. For points, the strongest plays are airers, airest, antres, arisen, arrest, arsine, artier, artist, artsie, astern, attire, errant, estrin, inerts, insert, instar, inters, irater, natter, niters, nitres, raiser, ranter, rarest, raster, raters, ratine, ratite, ratten, ratter, retain, retina, retint, rinser, ristra, ritter, santir, sarnie, satire, seitan, sierra, sinter, sitten, sitter, snarer, starer, stater, statin, sterna, strain, strait, strati, striae, strine, taints, tanist, tarres, tarter, taster, taters, tenias, terais, terras, territ, tetras, tetris, tineas, tinter, tisane, titans, titers, titres, trains, traits, treats, triens, triers, trines, 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 113 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in restraint. If a familiar word is all you need, start with earns, rains, raise, rates, rents, risen, and saint. For points, the strongest plays are airer, airns, airts, anise, antes, antis, antre, arise, arris, aster, astir, earns, entia, etnas, inert, inset, inter, irate, nares, naris, nates, nears, neats, neist, nerts, netts, niter, nites, nitre, rains, raise, ranis, rants, rares, raser, rater, rates, reais, rears, reins, rents, reran, resat, resin, resit, retia, riant, rinse, risen, riser, rites, saint, saner, sarin, satin, senti, serai, serin, siren, sirra, sitar, snare, stain, stair, stane, stare, start, state, stein, stent, stern, stint, stria, tains, taint, tares, tarns, tarre, tarsi, tarts, taser, taste, tater, tates, tears, teats, teins, tenia, tents, terai, terns, terra, testa, tetra, tetri, tians, tiers, tinea, tines, tints, tires, titan, titer, titre, train, trait, trans, treat, trets, trier, tries, trine, 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 restraint produces 102 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, ants, arts, earn, ears, east, and eats. For points, the strongest plays are ains, airn, airs, airt, aits, anes, anis, ante, anti, ants, ares, arie, arse, arts, ates, earn, ears, east, eats, eras, erns, errs, erst, etas, etna, ires, naes, nare, near, neat, nest, nets, nett, nite, nits, rain, rais, rani, rant, rare, rase, rate, rats, rear, rein, reis, rent, rest, rets, rias, rins, rise, rite, sain, sane, sari, sate, sati, sear, seat, sent, sera, seta, sett, sine, sire, site, snit, stan, star, stat, stet, stir, tain, tans, tare, tarn, tars, tart, tase, tate, tats, tear, teas, teat, tein, tens, tent, tern, test, tets, tian, tier, ties, tine, tins, tint, 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 restraint turns up 62 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, ant, are, art, ate, ear, and eat. For points, the strongest plays are ain, air, ais, ait, ane, ani, ant, are, ars, art, ate, ats, att, ear, eat, ens, era, ern, err, ers, est, eta, ins, ire, its, nae, net, nit, rai, ran, ras, rat, rei, res, ret, ria, rin, sae, san, sat, sea, sei, sen, ser, set, sin, sir, sit, sri, tae, tan, tar, tas, tat, tea, ten, tes, tet, tie, tin, 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 20 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in restraint. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, at, in, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ae, ai, an, ar, as, at, en, er, es, et, in, is, it, na, ne, 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.
6 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in restraint plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in restraint and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
restraint 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.
Dictionaries record six senses for restraint. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 9 points on a Scrabble board:
restraint is one of two nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing restraint unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are restraint and retirants, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from restraint 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 restraint produce 436 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 nine-letter words, 12 eight-letter words, 45 seven-letter words, 80 six-letter words, 113 five-letter words, 102 four-letter words, 62 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.