Unscramble ARRESTORS to get 255 words. ARRESTORS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 9 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
A1R1R1E1S1T1O1R1S1
Words from ARRESTORS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 15 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 17 with 2.
The 6-letter words from ARRESTORS come to 49, each scoring 6 points. STORES, RESORT and ERRORS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ARRESTORS score 5 points. RATES, ERROR and STARS are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words in ARRESTORS come to 60, each scoring 4 points. RATE, EAST and STAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ARRESTORS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AR · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
What ARRESTORS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ARRESTORS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARRESTORS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 208 | 255 | 192 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RORTERS, ARRETS, ESTROS, REASTS, RESTOS, ROATES, RORTER, ROSSER, SERRAS, SOARES, SORRAS, STARRS and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OSETRAS, OSSETRA, STORERS, OSETRA, SORTES, STORER, TASERS, RESAT, SORTA, AROS, ESTS, ARO and 4 more, 16 in all.