Unscramble SEQUESTERS to get 138 words. SEQUESTERS itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SEQUESTER leads with 18 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1E1Q10U12E1S1T1E1R1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SEQUESTERS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 10 with 7, 20 with 6, 34 with 5, 35 with 4, 22 with 3 and 10 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with SEQUESTERS letters: SEQUESTER, 18 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SEQUESTERS, QUEERS, QUEEST and QUESTS tie for first at 15 points. STRESS, RESETS and ESTERS are everyday picks.
EQUES, QUEER and QUEST are the top 5-letter words in SEQUESTERS, 14 points each. USERS, TREES and RESET will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words made with SEQUESTERS letters is SUQS, 13 points; ERES and ERST on 4 follow. USER, SURE and TRUE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SEQUESTERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SE · ending in RS · all 10-letter words
What SEQUESTERS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SEQUESTERS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEQUESTERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 138) | 119 | 138 | 101 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: QUEESTS, QUEEST, RESUSES, URESES, RESUS, RUSSE, STURE, SURES, TEERS, ERES, SESE, SESS and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EQUES, EUSTRESS, TERESES, SUETES, TUSSES, RESES, SUETE, SUSES, TERES, ESSE, ESTS, TRES and 6 more, 18 in all.