Unscramble ARBALIST and you have 231 words, ARBALIST itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 6 of them, BASILAR, ARBLAST and BALISTA included. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ARBALIST split into 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 17 with 2.
30 6-letter words made with ARBALIST letters; 12 of them share the top score of 8. TRIALS, TRAILS and TRIBAL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from ARBALIST, 40 score 7 points, the group's best. ATLAS, BLAST and ALIAS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ARBALIST, the top score is 6, reached by 34. LAST, ARTS and BARS are the familiar ones.
Of the 55 3-letter words in ARBALIST, 18 score 5 points, the group's best. ITS, ART and AIR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ARBALIST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with AR · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
The meaning of ARBALIST, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ARBALIST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARBALIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 189 | 231 | 176 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: ARBLAST, BALISTA, BARTSIA, BLARTS, BRAAIS, ABSIT, ARBAS, BAISA, BASTA, BASTI, BLART, BLIST and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: BARISTA, TRIBALS, ARABIS, BALTIS, BALTI, RABIS, SABAL, LAARIS, RABI, RAITAS, LIAS, ATS and 1 more.
These 3 words take every letter of ARBALIST plus a single extra one.