235 words come out when you unscramble TAILWATER, starting with TAILWATER itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from TAILWATER split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
10 of 29 6-letter words in TAILWATER tie at 9 points; none scores more. RETAIL, LATTER and AERIAL will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TAILWATER, the top score is 8, reached by 19. WATER, WRITE and LATER are the familiar ones.
32 of 60 4-letter words from TAILWATER tie at 7 points; none scores more. AREA, LATE and WAIT will look familiar.
Among 59 3-letter words you get when you unscramble TAILWATER, the top score is 6, reached by 17. ARE, LAW and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of TAILWATER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TA · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AWAITER (10 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TAILWATER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAILWATER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 235) | 181 | 234 | 170 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
53 of the 235 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TAWTIER, WALTIER, TAWIER, TAWTIE, TEWART, TWAITE, LAWER, TAWAI, TEWIT, TWILT, TWIRE, TWITE and 41 more. 11 of the 235 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: WALIER, WITTER, WALIE, WALI, WETA, EW, RAITA, TETRI, ARIE, RAI and TE. 1 of the 235 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
This word takes every letter of TAILWATER plus a single extra one.