Unscramble SAILBOATERS and you have 412 words, SAILBOATERS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ASTROLABES and SAILBOATER lead with 12 points. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SAILBOATERS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 13 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2.
The 10-letter words made with SAILBOATERS letters come to 2, each scoring 12 points.
57 of 60 8-letter words from SAILBOATERS tie at 10 points; none scores more. SAILBOAT and BLISTERS will look familiar.
All 60 of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SAILBOATERS score 9 points. BLASTER, BOILERS and BLISTER are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words in SAILBOATERS scores 8. BEASTS, BIASES and BASALT are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words made with SAILBOATERS letters come to 60, each scoring 7 points. BASIS, BEARS and BEAST are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SAILBOATERS score 6 points. BEST, ABLE and BASE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from SAILBOATERS, the top score is 5, reached by 39. ARE, ART and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SAILBOATERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with SA · ending in RS · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ASTROLABES (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. SAILBOATERS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAILBOATERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 412) | 322 | 411 | 291 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 90 of them: LABORISTS, SABOTIERS, ARBLASTS, BALISTAE, BALISTAS, BARTSIAS, BESTIALS, BOREALIS, BROSIEST, LABORIST, RABATOES, SABOTIER and 78 more. Words With Friends* skips 31 of them: BRESAOLAS, ABLATORS, ABLEISTS, AEROBATS, AIRBASES, ARABISES, BARISTAS, BRESAOLA, RATABLES, RETABLOS, ABLATOR, ABLEIST and 19 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: BAASES.
This word takes every letter of SAILBOATERS plus a single extra one.