Unscramble RATS and you have 20 words, RATS itself among them: it scores 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. RATS has 5 anagrams here, ARTS, RAST, STAR, TARS and TSAR, scoring 4 like RATS itself. The best shorter words score 3: 9 of them, ART, SAT and RAT included. 4 letters: 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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By length, the words from RATS split into 6 with 4 letters, 9 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of RATS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with RA · ending in TS · all 4-letter words
The meaning of RATS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
RATS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RATS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 20) | 17 | 20 | 16 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: RAST, SAR and ST. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: ATS.
With one more tile, the letters of RATS spell the words below.