Unscramble ARBORISE and you have 238 words, ARBORISE itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 7 of them, BARRIOS, ARBORES and BARRIES included. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ARBORISE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Of the 28 6-letter words in ARBORISE, 18 score 8 points, the group's best. SIERRA, RABIES and RAISER are the ones most people know.
40 of 60 5-letter words from ARBORISE tie at 7 points; none scores more. BEARS, RAISE and ARISE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ARBORISE, 44 score 6 points, the group's best. BASE, BEAR and BARS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with ARBORISE letters, the top score is 5, reached by 27. ARE, AIR and BAR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of ARBORISE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with AR · ending in SE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ARBORES, BARRIOS, BRASIER and ISOBARE (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ARBORISE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARBORISE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 238) | 190 | 238 | 172 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 48 of them: ARBORISE, BARRIES, BRASERO, BROSIER, BARRIE, ERBIAS, SBIRRO, ABERS, ABIES, ABORE, BARRO, BOSIE and 36 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: BOREAS, BROIER, BIROS, RABIS, BAES, BIRO, OBAS, RABI, SOBA, BAE, BES, OBA and 6 more.
These 5 words take every letter of ARBORISE plus a single extra one.