PSALTERY

8 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What PSALTERY Means

noun: an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PSALTERY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 S1 A1 L1 T1 E1 R1 Y4.

Anagrams of PSALTERY (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

PEYTRALS PLASTERY

Words Made From The Letters In PSALTERY

558 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (18)

PALTERS PARLEYS PARSLEY PEARTLY PERSALT PEYTRAL PLASTER PLATERS PLAYERS PRELATY PSALTER PSALTRY PTERYLA RAYLETS REPLAYS SPARELY STAPLER YAPSTER

6 letter words (74)

5 letter words (182)

ALERT ALTER APERS APERT APERY APRES APTER APTLY ARETS ARLES ARTEL ARTSY ARYLS ASPER ASTER AYELP AYRES EARLS EARLY EARST EYRAS LAERS LAPSE LARES LASER LATER LAYER LEAPS LEAPT LEARS LEARY LEAST LEATS LEPRA LEPTA LERPS LYART LYASE LYRES LYTES PALER PALES PALET PALSY PARES PARLE PARLY PARSE PARTS PARTY PASTE PASTY PATER PATES PATLY PATSY PAYER PEALS PEARL PEARS PEART PEATS PEATY PELAS PELTA PELTS PERST PERTS PESTY PETAL PETAR PLAST PLATE PLATS PLATY PLAYS PLEAS PLEAT PLYER PRASE PRATE PRATS PRATY PRAYS PRESA PREST PREYS PRYSE PYATS PYETS PYRAL PYRES RALES RASPY RATEL RATES RAYLE REALS REAPS REAST RELAY REPAY REPLA REPLY RESAT RESAY RESTY RYALS SALEP SALET SALTY SATYR SAYER SEPAL SEPTA SERAL SETAL SLART SLATE SLATY SLEPT SLYER SLYPE SPAER SPALE SPALT SPARE SPART SPATE SPEAL SPEAR SPEAT SPELT SPLAT SPLAY SPRAT SPRAY SPYAL SPYRE STALE STARE STEAL STEAR STELA STRAE STRAP STRAY STREP STYLE STYRE TAELS TALER TALES TAPER TAPES TARES TARPS TASER TEALS TEARS TEARY TEPAL TEPAS TERAS TESLA TRAPE TRAPS TRAYS TREYS TRYPS TYERS TYLER TYPAL TYPES TYRES YALES YATES YEARS YEAST YELPS YELTS YRAPT

4 letter words (171)

3 letter words (93)

ALE ALP ALS ALT APE APT ARE ARS ART ARY ASP ATE ATS AYE AYS EAR EAS EAT ELS ELT ERA ERS EST ETA LAP LAR LAS LAT LAY LEA LEP LES LET LEY LYE PAL PAR PAS PAT PAY PEA PEL PER PES PET PLY PRE PRY PST PYA PYE RAP RAS RAT RAY REP RES RET RYA RYE SAE SAL SAP SAR SAT SAY SEA SEL SER SET SEY SLY SPA SPY STY SYE TAE TAP TAR TAS TAY TEA TEL TES TRY TYE YAE YAP YAR YEA YEP YES YET

2 letter words (20)

AE AL AR AS AT AY EA EL ER ES ET LA PA PE RE ST TA TE YA YE

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.