Unscramble SWEARIEST and you have 301 words, SWEARIEST itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: WASTERIES. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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By length, the words from SWEARIEST split into 2 with 9 letters, 10 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
11 of 28 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SWEARIEST tie at 10 points; none scores more. EASIEST, SWEATER and WAITERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from SWEARIEST, 42 score 9 points, the group's best. EASIER, WATERS and WRITES are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SWEARIEST come to 60, each scoring 8 points. WATER, WASTE and SWEET are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from SWEARIEST, 48 score 7 points, the group's best. WERE, WEST and ARTS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in SWEARIEST; 20 of them share the top score of 6. ARE, WAS and SEE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SWEARIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; WASTERIES (12 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SWEARIEST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWEARIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 301) | 237 | 301 | 224 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWEARIEST, SWEIREST, TAWERIES, STEWERS, STEWIER, WESTIES, STEWER, SWEERS, SWEERT, SWEIRS, SWEIRT, SWIRES and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TWEER, WETAS, ARTSIES, WETA, ARTSIE, EASERS, EEW, EW, ARIE, ATS, EST, RAI and 1 more, 13 in all.
These 7 words take every letter of SWEARIEST plus a single extra one.