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All the letters must be used. For example, if you choose a 6-letter word, ALL the anagrams must be 6 letters long.

2007-06-02 07:10:20 · 4 answers · asked by e33h66_99p 2 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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I think Dawn has the right set of letters, but for some reason she didn't give the full list. Here are 14 (based on Merriam-Webster's unabridged dictionary):

anestri, asterin, eranist, nastier, ratines, resiant, restain, retains, retinas, retsina, sainter, stainer, starnie, stearin

This list is found on the following page, along with mention of a claim of 157 (?!) somewhat plausible anagrams for the letters "a-e-g-i-n-r-s-t"
http://www.anagrammy.com/anagrams/faq7.html
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EDIT: I certainly did not intend to call into question Dawn's credentials, nor the accuracy of her citation of her source, but simply stating what I found in an alternate source (and surprise that the Scrabble dictionary lacked some of these words)

But, after a bit of further investigation, I am able to substantiate most of the additional words (perhaps all, depending on how lenient the rules are!)

The following three have listings in Merriam-Webster's Unabridged (as you can check by going to http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/restain etc , even if you don't have a subscription to view the listing itself). They are also listed in the OED, from which I include the definition:
* restain - to stain afresh
* starnier - a little star
* resiant - resident, dwelling, abiding [this one IS listed as "archaic", so might be excluded from the list, depending on the rules followed]

OED also has:
*eranist - In Greece: a member of an eranos or club

"asterin" is an anti-tumor antibiotic (and apparently a common name, not a brand name), probably too recent to be listed in some sources
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7695451&dopt=Abstract

As for "sainter" as a common noun --I would suppose it means "canonizer, saint-maker", but haven't solid proof yet. (There IS a surname "Sainter" --and if we're not operating under Scrabble rules, it's possible that would qualify. My only hesitation is that it sometimes seems you can find almost anything under 'surnames'!)

At any rate, if we add the substantiated forms we end up with at least 13, perhaps even 15 words (depending on what you do with "resiant" and "sainter/Sainter").

2007-06-02 11:15:24 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 2 0

Most tournament scrabble players know the 7 letter rack that makes the most words is RETINAS

ANESTRI
ANTSIER
NASTIER
RETINAS
RETAINS
RATINES
RETSINA
STAINER
STEARIN

The three letters in EAT make

ATE
EAT
ETA
TAE
TEA

All these words appear in the Official Scrabble Players' Dictionary 4th edition

Edit:

It IS the full list of Acceptable words as per Officiasl Scrabble players Dicctionary 4 th edition, just as I stated.

2007-06-02 08:04:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4 1

I I I I I I I I got tog bonga bango emo moe !

2007-06-07 21:04:41 · answer #3 · answered by burn out 4 · 0 3

if i really wanted to know i would just write a program to do it

2007-06-02 07:14:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 4

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