Unscramble SMARTARSE and you have 253 words, SMARTARSE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SMARTARSE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 14 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 17 with 2.
23 of 51 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SMARTARSE tie at 8 points; none scores more. MASTER, STREAM and ARREST will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SMARTARSE, 43 score 7 points, the group's best. TERMS, AREAS and SMART are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with SMARTARSE letters; 37 of them share the top score of 6. AREA, SAME and RATE are everyday picks.
17 of 48 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SMARTARSE tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, SET and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SMARTARSE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SM · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ARMRESTS (10 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SMARTARSE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMARTARSE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 191 | 253 | 174 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 253 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SMARTARSE, AMEARST, RETAMAS, AMATES, ASMEAR, MAASES, MARAES, MARRAS, RETAMA, TARRASES, TREMAS, AMATE and 50 more. 17 of the 253 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ARAMES, ARAME, ARRASES, MARAS, MASAS, MASES, TREMS, MARA, MASA, TASERS, TREM, MES and 5 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of SMARTARSE and one more.