289 words come out when you unscramble SALTIRES, starting with SALTIRES itself: 8 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of SALTIRES are on the page: REALISTS, SALTIERS and SLAISTER, each 8 points. 24 shorter words score 7, among them SERIALS, LISTERS and REALIST. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SALTIRES split into 4 with 8 letters, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
The 7-letter words in SALTIRES come to 24, each scoring 7 points. SERIALS, LISTERS and REALIST are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SALTIRES score 6 points. RETAIL, SERIAL and SISTER are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from SALTIRES scores 5. RATES, LEAST and LATER are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SALTIRES come to 60, each scoring 4 points. LIST, LAST and LESS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 3-letter words from SALTIRES score 3 points. ARE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SALTIRES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What SALTIRES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SALTIRES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALTIRES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 240 | 288 | 226 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
48 of the 289 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SLAISTER, ARSIEST, SAIREST, TARSELS, TIRASSE, ARTIES, EASSIL, LAISSE, RAILES, REASTS, REISTS, SALETS and 36 more. 14 of the 289 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ARTSIES, ARTSIE, LIASES, RESITS, LASSI, LITES, REAIS, ARIE, ESTS, LIAS, ATS, EST and 2 more. 1 of the 289 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of SALTIRES and one more.