356 words come out when you unscramble ARRESTING, starting with ARRESTING itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of ARRESTING are on the page: ASTRINGER, RASTERING and SERRATING, each 10 points. Among the shorter answers, 22 reach 9 points, EARRINGS, STARRING and STRANGER among them. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ARRESTING split into 4 with 9 letters, 28 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Of the 28 8-letter words made with ARRESTING letters, 22 score 9 points, the group's best. EARRINGS, STARRING and TRAINERS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words from ARRESTING scores 8. RATINGS, STRANGE and SEATING are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ARRESTING come to 60, each scoring 7 points. RATING, AGENTS and GRATIS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ARRESTING scores 6. GREAT, RANGE and AGENT are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 4-letter words from ARRESTING score 5 points. GETS, GEAR and GAIN are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in ARRESTING; 29 of them share the top score of 4. ARE, GET and ITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ARRESTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AR · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
ARRESTING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ARRESTING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARRESTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 356) | 279 | 356 | 252 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASTRINGER, RASTERING, REASTING, STEARING, TARRINGS, AGISTER, ANGRIES, ERRINGS, GAINEST, GIRNERS, GRAINES, SERRING and 65 more, 77 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ANGSTIER, REARINGS, RINGSTER, TASERING, GENISTA, GRISTER, TAGINES, GATERS, RAGERS, GATER, GEANS, GITES and 15 more, 27 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ARRESTING and one more.