Unscramble STIRE and you have 53 words, STIRE itself among them: it scores 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. It has 6 anagrams, each with the same 5 points: REIST, RESIT, RITES, TIERS, TIRES and TRIES. Among the shorter answers, 19 reach 4 points, SITE, REST and RISE among them. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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By length, the words from STIRE split into 7 with 5 letters, 19 with 4, 17 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Keep every letter of STIRE but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by RESIT, RITES, TIERS, TIRES and TRIES (5 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts STIRE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STIRE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 53) | 44 | 52 | 39 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
8 of the 53 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: REIST, STIRE, RITS, SEIR, STIE, TRIE, RIT and ST. 5 of the 53 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RESIT, TRES, EST, TES and TE. 1 of the 53 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 12 words take every letter of STIRE plus a single extra one.