294 words come out when you unscramble ALTARWISE, starting with ALTARWISE itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. AWAITERS is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ALTARWISE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 27 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with ALTARWISE letters: AWAITERS, for 11 points.
Of the 27 7-letter words in ALTARWISE, 13 score 10 points, the group's best. AERIALS, REALIST and RETAILS are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTARWISE; 27 of them share the top score of 9. ALERTS, WATERS and WRITES are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from ALTARWISE come to 60, each scoring 8 points. WATER, WASTE and AWARE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTARWISE; 54 of them share the top score of 7. WEST, LAWS and WAIT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from ALTARWISE, 21 score 6 points, the group's best. ARE, WAS and ITS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ALTARWISE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AL · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AWAITERS (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts ALTARWISE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTARWISE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 294) | 237 | 293 | 218 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
57 of the 294 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALTARWISE, AWAREST, SWALIER, WALTIER, LAWEST, SWEIRT, TAWAIS, TAWIER, TWIRES, WAITES, WALISE, WASTEL and 45 more. 18 of the 294 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: WALIEST, SALWAR, SWILER, WALIER, SWILE, WALIE, WALIS, WETAS, WALI, WETA, ARTSIE, LAARIS and 6 more. 1 of the 294 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: REALIAS.
With one more tile, the letters of ALTARWISE spell the words below.