Jumble solved
Is ARRESTANT a word? Yes.
ARRESTANT is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 9 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 236 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 236
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (A, E, A) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (R, R, S, T, N, T).
Anagrams of ARRESTANT
One word uses all 9 letters:
- arrestant
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
1 word found7-letter words
15 words found6-letter words
36 words found+ 21 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
58 words found+ 43 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
68 words found+ 53 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
42 words found+ 27 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
15 words foundWords hidden inside ARRESTANT
Without moving a single letter, reading arrestant straight through uncovers 7 shorter words — arrest, rest, stan, ant, est, res, and more. The longest unbroken run is arrest.
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Add one letter to ARRESTANT
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and arrestant opens up 3 10-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
6
Vowels
33%
A, E, A
Consonants
67%
R, R, S, T, N, T
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Solving ARRESTANT: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters arrestant?
Rearranging the 9 letters in arrestant produces 236 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 9-letter answer arrestant here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does arrestant have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, arrestant rearranges into exactly one word: arrestant.
What is the longest word you can make from arrestant?
The longest solution is arrestant at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from arrestant?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: arrestant yields aas, ana, ane, ant, are, ars, art, ate, ats and att. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from arrestant scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, arrestant is the top scorer from arrestant at 9 points, followed by narrates (8), errants (7) and erratas (7). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside arrestant?
Read left to right without moving any letters and arrestant already contains 7 shorter words: arrest, rest, stan, ant, est and res (plus 1 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is arrest. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.