Unscramble LAZARETTE and you have 152 words, LAZARETTE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
L12A1Z10A1R1E1T1T1E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from LAZARETTE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 14 with 6, 36 with 5, 49 with 4, 34 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
36 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LAZARETTE; 4 of them share the top score of 14. LATER, ALERT and TREAT are everyday picks.
Of the 49 4-letter words from LAZARETTE, 6 score 13 points, the group's best. REAL, AREA and RATE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LAZARETTE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LA · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LAZARET (16 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LAZARETTE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAZARETTE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 152) | 115 | 152 | 112 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALTEZA, LEAZE, TEAZE, TREZ, ZEA, ZEL, ZE, LAETARE, LETTRE, RELATA, TALEAE, TATLER and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: REZ, ZA and TE, 3 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of LAZARETTE spell the words below.