Jumble solved
Is PSALTERY a word? Yes.
PSALTERY is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 8 letters, worth 13 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 3 anagrams, with 455 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 455
- Full anagrams
- 3
- Longest answer
- 8 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (P, S, L, T, R, Y).
psaltery in a sentence
“sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of PSALTERY
3 words use all 8 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
8-letter words
3 words found7-letter words
17 words found+ 2 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
58 words found- paltry11
- parley11
- partly11
- pastry11
- payers11
- pearly11
- peltry11
- pertly11
- platys11
- player11
- plyers11
- raptly11
- repays11
- replay11
+ 43 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
136 words found- apery10
- aptly10
- palsy10
- party10
- pasty10
- patly10
- patsy10
- payer10
- peaty10
- pesty10
- platy10
- plays10
- plyer10
- prays10
- preys10
+ 121 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
140 words found+ 125 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
83 words found+ 68 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
18 words found+ 3 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside PSALTERY
Without moving a single letter, reading psaltery straight through uncovers 7 shorter words — psalter, saltery, salter, alter, salt, alt, and more. The longest unbroken run is psalter.
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble peytrals, unscramble plastery.
Shorter words inside PSALTERY — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to PSALTERY
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and psaltery opens up 1 9-letter word. 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
8
Distinct
8
Vowels
25%
A, E
Consonants
75%
P, S, L, T, R, Y
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Solving PSALTERY: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters psaltery?
Rearranging the 8 letters in psaltery produces 455 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 8-letter answer peytrals here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does psaltery have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 8 letters, psaltery can be rearranged into 3 words: peytrals, plastery and psaltery. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from psaltery?
The longest solutions run to 8 letters: peytrals, plastery and psaltery. Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from psaltery?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: psaltery yields ale, alp, als, alt, ape, apt, are, ars, art and asp. 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.
How is the word "psaltery" used in a sentence?
Psaltery is itself a valid word. For example: "sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from psaltery scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, peytrals is the top scorer from psaltery at 13 points, followed by plastery (13), psaltery (13) and parleys (12). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside psaltery?
Read left to right without moving any letters and psaltery already contains 7 shorter words: psalter, saltery, salter, alter, salt and alt (plus 1 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is psalter. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.