Unscramble STRAINER and you have 289 words, STRAINER itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. STRAINER has 5 anagrams here, RESTRAIN, RETRAINS, TERRAINS, TRAINERS and TRANSIRE, scoring 8 like STRAINER itself. Among the shorter answers, 22 reach 7 points, TRAINER, TERRAIN and RETAINS among them. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from STRAINER split into 6 with 8 letters, 22 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
The 7-letter words made with STRAINER letters come to 22, each scoring 7 points. TRAINER, TERRAIN and RETAINS are the familiar ones.
All 59 of the 6-letter words from STRAINER score 6 points. INSERT, SIERRA and STRAIN are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STRAINER scores 5. RATES, RAISE and INTER are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from STRAINER come to 60, each scoring 4 points. RATE, EAST and ARTS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 3-letter words in STRAINER score 3 points. ARE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of STRAINER but one, change that one, and you get:
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What STRAINER means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. STRAINER 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRAINER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 231 | 288 | 214 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRANSIRE, RESIANT, SERRATI, SNARIER, STARNIE, ARRETS, ARSIER, ARTIES, RAINES, SAIRER, SERRAN, STIRRA and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ARTSIE, RISTRA, SARNIE, SEITAN, STRINE, REAIS, RESAT, RESIT, ARIE, NAES, NARE, RAIS and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of STRAINER spell the words below.