Unscramble ARRIAGES to get 169 words. ARRIAGES itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 10 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ARRIAGES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 14 with 6, 41 with 5, 57 with 4, 42 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with ARRIAGES letters: ARRIAGE, for 8 points.
Of the 41 5-letter words from ARRIAGES, 22 score 6 points, the group's best. AREAS, RAISE and ARISE are the ones most people know.
27 of 57 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ARRIAGES tie at 5 points; none scores more. AREA, GEAR and RARE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ARRIAGES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with AR · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AGRIAS, RAGERS, RERIGS and SAGIER (7 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ARRIAGES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARRIAGES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 126 | 169 | 114 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: ARRIAGES, ARRIAGE, AGRISE, GARRES, REGARS, AIGAS, ARAISE, AREARS, ARSIER, GAIRS, GARES, GARIS and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: RAGERS, RAGER, AREG, REAIS, AGS, ARIE, GIS, GRR, RAIS, SIG, GI and RAI.
These 6 words take every letter of ARRIAGES plus a single extra one.