139 words come out when you unscramble RAILES, starting with RAILES itself: 6 in Scrabble, 7 in Words With Friends. 5 anagrams of RAILES are on the page: ARIELS, RESAIL, SAILER, SERAIL and SERIAL, each 6 points. Among the shorter answers, 30 reach 5 points, LASER, RAISE and ARISE among them. 6 letters: 3 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RAILES by length: 6 with 6 letters, 30 with 5, 55 with 4, 34 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Every one of the 30 5-letter words made with RAILES letters scores 5. LASER, RAISE and ARISE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RAILES come to 55, each scoring 4 points. REAL, SALE and RISE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RAILES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with RA · ending in ES · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ARIELS, RESAIL, SAILER, SERAIL and SERIAL (6 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: RAILES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAILES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 119 | 139 | 114 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
20 of the 139 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RAILES, AESIR, LAERS, LEIRS, RAILE, SILER, ARIS, ARLE, LAER, LARE, LEIR, SAIR and 8 more. 5 of the 139 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: REAIS, ARIE, LIAS, RAIS and RAI.
These 12 words take every letter of RAILES plus a single extra one.