Unscramble BESTAR and you have 144 words, BESTAR itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: BAREST, BASTER, BREAST and TABERS. It has 6 letters, 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from BESTAR by length: 5 with 6 letters, 32 with 5, 53 with 4, 39 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 32 5-letter words made with BESTAR letters, the top score is 7, reached by 19. RATES, BEARS and BEAST are the familiar ones.
22 of 53 4-letter words from BESTAR tie at 6 points; none scores more. BEST, RATE and EAST will look familiar.
Of the 39 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BESTAR, 12 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, SET and ART are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BESTAR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with BE · ending in AR · all 6-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BAREST, BASTER, BREAST and TABERS (8 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BESTAR, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESTAR itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 144) | 125 | 144 | 114 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESTAR, ABERS, BESAT, BRAST, TRABS, ABER, ARETS, EARST, REAST, STEAR, STRAE, TERAS and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BAES, BAE, BES, RESAT, TASER, TASE, TRES, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of BESTAR and one more.