Jumble solved
Is PERSISTER a word? Yes.
PERSISTER is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 11 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 266 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 266
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, I, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (P, R, S, S, T, R).
Anagrams of PERSISTER
One word uses all 9 letters:
- persister
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
8 words found7-letter words
29 words found+ 14 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
55 words found+ 40 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
70 words found+ 55 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
56 words found+ 41 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
36 words found+ 21 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
11 words foundWords hidden inside PERSISTER
Without moving a single letter, reading persister straight through uncovers 5 shorter words — persist, sister, ers, per, sis. The longest unbroken run is persist.
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Shorter words inside PERSISTER — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to PERSISTER
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and persister opens up 2 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%
E, I, E
Consonants
67%
P, R, S, S, T, R
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Solving PERSISTER: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters persister?
Rearranging the 9 letters in persister produces 266 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 persister here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does persister have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, persister rearranges into exactly one word: persister.
What is the longest word you can make from persister?
The longest solution is persister at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from persister?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: persister yields ere, err, ers, ess, est, ire, its, pee, per and pes. 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 persister scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, persister is the top scorer from persister at 11 points, followed by presters (10), priseres (10) and reprises (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside persister?
Read left to right without moving any letters and persister already contains 5 shorter words: persist, sister, ers, per and sis. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is persist. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.