Unscramble ALABASTER and you have 279 words, ALABASTER itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ALABASTER by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALABASTER, the top score is 8, reached by 39. BREAST, TABLES and ALERTS are the familiar ones.
59 of 60 5-letter words from ALABASTER tie at 7 points; none scores more. TABLE, BEARS and BEAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from ALABASTER, 42 score 6 points, the group's best. BEST, AREA and EAST are the ones most people know.
18 of 60 3-letter words in ALABASTER tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, SET and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ALABASTER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AL · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
The meaning of ALABASTER, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ALABASTER is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALABASTER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 279) | 228 | 279 | 217 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALBERTS, ARBLAST, ASTABLE, BATLERS, BRAATAS, ABEARS, ABLETS, ALBERT, ARABAS, BASTLE, BATLER, BELARS and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RATABLES, SABLER, BEALS, SABAL, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES, ATS, EST and TE, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ALABASTER and one more.