289 words come out when you unscramble RESTRAIN, starting with RESTRAIN itself: 8 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. RESTRAIN has 5 anagrams here, RETRAINS, STRAINER, TERRAINS, TRAINERS and TRANSIRE, scoring 8 like RESTRAIN itself. 22 shorter words score 7, among them TRAINER, TERRAIN and RETAINS. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RESTRAIN by length: 6 with 8 letters, 22 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
The 7-letter words in RESTRAIN come to 22, each scoring 7 points. TRAINER, TERRAIN and RETAINS are the familiar ones.
All 59 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RESTRAIN score 6 points. INSERT, SIERRA and STRAIN are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from RESTRAIN scores 5. RATES, RAISE and INTER are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with RESTRAIN letters come to 60, each scoring 4 points. RATE, EAST and ARTS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RESTRAIN scores 3. ARE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of RESTRAIN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in IN · all 8-letter words
What RESTRAIN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. RESTRAIN is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESTRAIN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 231 | 288 | 214 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: TRANSIRE, RESIANT, SERRATI, SNARIER, STARNIE, ARRETS, ARSIER, ARTIES, RAINES, SAIRER, SERRAN, STIRRA and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: ARTSIE, RISTRA, SARNIE, SEITAN, STRINE, REAIS, RESAT, RESIT, ARIE, NAES, NARE, RAIS and 5 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of RESTRAIN and one more.