Unscramble ASTERID and you have 241 words, ASTERID itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. ASTERID has 9 anagrams here, ARIDEST, ASTRIDE and DIASTER among them, all scoring 8 like ASTERID itself. Among the shorter answers, 22 reach 7 points, RAISED, TRADES and STARED among them. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of ASTERID at once for 58 in Scrabble (8 + 50) or 43 in Words With Friends (8 + 35).
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Words from ASTERID by length: 10 with 7 letters, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
28 6-letter words in ASTERID; 22 of them share the top score of 7. RAISED, TRADES and SATIRE are everyday picks.
57 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ASTERID tie at 6 points; none scores more. TRADE, IDEAS and RATED will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from ASTERID, 51 score 5 points, the group's best. DATE, READ and SAID are the ones most people know.
20 of 60 3-letter words made with ASTERID letters tie at 4 points; none scores more. ARE, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ASTERID for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with AS · ending in ID · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ARIDEST, ASTRIDE, DIASTER, DISRATE, STAIDER, TARDIES and TIRADES (8 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ASTERID, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASTERID itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 190 | 241 | 178 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
51 of the 241 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASTERID, STAIRED, TRADIES, RAITED, SAIRED, STEARD, STIRED, TRADIE, ARSED, ARTIES, DARIS, EARDS and 39 more. 12 of the 241 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ARTSIE, TASED, TRADS, DESI, ARIE, DAS, EDS, ATS, DA, EST, RAI and TE.
These 12 words take every letter of ASTERID plus a single extra one.