Unscramble OSTLERESS and you have 232 words, OSTLERESS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from OSTLERESS split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 15 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 36 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Every one of the 39 6-letter words from OSTLERESS scores 6. STORES, STRESS and STEREO are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OSTLERESS come to 60, each scoring 5 points. STORE, STEEL and ROSES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OSTLERESS score 4 points. LESS, SORT and LOSS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OSTLERESS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; RESTLESS, SOLERETS, TRESSELS and TSORESES (8 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: OSTLERESS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSTLERESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 188 | 232 | 178 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
44 of the 232 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OSTLERESS, OSSELETS, OSSETERS, ROSELESS, OSSELET, OSSETER, TORSELS, ESTROS, LESSES, RESTOS, SLEEST, SOLERS and 32 more. 10 of the 232 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TSORESES, SORTES, RESES, TERES, ESSE, ESTS, EST, LOR, TES and TE.
This word takes every letter of OSTLERESS plus a single extra one.