Unscramble TARRIEST and you have 262 words, TARRIEST itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: RETRAITS and STRAITER. 20 shorter words score 7, among them STARTER, RESTART and ARTIEST. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Counting the words from TARRIEST by length: 3 with 8 letters, 20 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Every one of the 52 6-letter words from TARRIEST scores 6. ARTIST, SIERRA and ARREST are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TARRIEST come to 60, each scoring 5 points. STATE, START and RATES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words made with TARRIEST letters score 4 points. SITE, RATE and EAST are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 50 3-letter words you get when you unscramble TARRIEST scores 3. ARE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of TARRIEST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with TA · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
What TARRIEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TARRIEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TARRIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 201 | 261 | 186 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RETRAITS, RETRAIT, SERRATI, TERTIAS, ARETTS, ARRETS, ARSIER, ARTIES, ASTERT, SAIRER, SITTAR, STIRRA and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TARTIER, ARTSIE, RISTRA, TETRIS, REAIS, RESAT, RESIT, TASER, ARIE, RAIS, ATS, EST and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 12 words take every letter of TARRIEST plus a single extra one.