395 words come out when you unscramble BRAINTEASER, starting with BRAINTEASER itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 10 shorter words score 11, among them ABERRANTS, ABERRATES and ABSTAINER. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BRAINTEASER by length: 1 with 11 letters, 13 with 9, 53 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Of the 53 8-letter words made with BRAINTEASER letters, 21 score 10 points, the group's best. TRAINERS, TRAINEES and ARTERIES are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words from BRAINTEASER; 51 of them share the top score of 9. REBATES, BERRIES and ARTISAN are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BRAINTEASER come to 60, each scoring 8 points. BREAST, ABSENT and BEATEN are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words in BRAINTEASER score 7 points. BRAIN, BEARS and BEAST are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words made with BRAINTEASER letters come to 60, each scoring 6 points. BEEN, BEST and BASE are the familiar ones.
26 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BRAINTEASER tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, ITS and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BRAINTEASER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with BR · ending in ER · all 11-letter words
What BRAINTEASER means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BRAINTEASER 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAINTEASER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 395) | 288 | 393 | 270 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABERRATES, BEARNAISE, RABATINES, STERNEBRA, ABERRATE, ATABRINS, ATEBRINS, BARRIEST, BASANITE, RABATINE, TABRERES, TEREBRAS and 95 more, 107 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ATABRINES, BISERRATE, ATABRINE, AIRBASE, BARISTA, ARABIS, ARRIBA, ARTESIAN, BESTIE, BINERS, SANTERIA, BINER and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT, 2 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of BRAINTEASER plus a single extra one.