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PERTAIN shares its exact letters with PAINTER, so both pages return the same word list. We treat PAINTER as the primary page for this letter set.

Unscramble PERTAIN

We found 230 words that can be made from the letters in PERTAIN — the longest are 7 letters.

Dictionary last updated · Compiled by The DoUnscrambler Editorial Team · How we generate these lists

PERTAIN— Letter Tiles & Points
9
Scrabble
11
WWF

Direct Anagrams of PERTAIN (2)

These are words made by rearranging all the letters of PERTAIN:

Words Made from PERTAIN (230 total)

7-Letter Words (3)

27 pts

6-Letter Words (19)

146 pts

5-Letter Words (46)

290 pts

4-Letter Words (78)

390 pts

3-Letter Words (62)

232 pts

2-Letter Words (20)

46 pts

1-Letter Words (2)

2 pts
Plain text list — all 230 words from PERTAIN

PAINTER, PERTAIN, REPAINT, ARPENT, ENRAPT, ENTRAP, NIPTER, PANIER, PANTER, PANTIE, PARENT, PATINE, PINETA, PIRATE, PRATIE, PTERIA, PTERIN, RAPINE, TREPAN, APERT, APTER, ARPEN, ATRIP, INAPT, INEPT, NEPIT, PAINT, PAIRE, PARTI, PATEN, PATER, PATIN, PEART, PERAI, PETAR, PETRI, PIERT, PIETA, PINTA, PRATE, PRENT, PRINT, REPIN, RIPEN, TAPEN, TAPER, TAPIR, TRAPE, TRIPE, RATINE, RETAIN, RETINA, APER, NAPE, NEAP, NIPA, PAIN, PAIR, PANE, PANT, PARE, PART, PATE, PEAN, PEAR, PEAT, PEIN, PENI, PENT, PERI, PERN, PERT, PIAN, PIER, PIET, PINA, PINE, PINT, PIRN, PITA, PRAT, RAPE, RAPT, REAP, RIPE, RIPT, TAPE, TARP, TEPA, TRAP, TRIP, ANTRE, ENTIA, INERT, INTER, INTRA, IRATE, NITER, NITRE, RAINE, RETIA, RIANT, TENIA, TERAI, TINEA, TRAIN, TRINE, APE, APT, NAP, NEP, NIP, PAN, PAR, PAT, PEA, PEN, PER, PET, PIA, PIE, PIN, PIR, PIT, PRE, RAP, REP, RIP, TAP, TIP, AINE, AIRN, AIRT, ANTE, ANTI, ARET, ARTI, EARN, EINA, ETNA, NARE, NEAR, NEAT, NITE, RAIN, RAIT, RANI, RANT, RATE, REAN, REIN, RENT, RINE, RITE, TAIN, TANE, TARE, TARN, TEAR, TEIN, TERN, TIAN, TIAR, TIER, TINA, TINE, TIRE, TRIE, TRIN, PA, PE, PI, AIN, AIR, AIT, ANE, ANI, ANT, ARE, ART, ATE, EAN, EAR, EAT, ERA, ERN, ETA, IRE, ITA, NAE, NAT, NET, NIE, NIT, RAI, RAN, RAT, REI, REN, RET, RIA, RIN, RIT, TAE, TAI, TAN, TAR, TEA, TEN, TIE, TIN, AE, AI, AN, AR, AT, EA, EN, ER, ET, IN, IT, NA, NE, RE, TA, TE, TI, A, I

What makes PERTAIN interesting

  • Letter make-up: 3 vowels (E, A, I) and 4 consonants (P, R, T, N) — a vowel ratio of 43%.
  • Highest-value tile: P at 3 Scrabble points (4 in Words With Friends). Build around it when a premium square is available.
  • Score ranking: at 9 points, PERTAIN scores higher than 11% of all 7-letter words in our dictionary.
  • Dictionary status: valid in TWL. See what each dictionary covers →
  • Alphabetical signature: aeinprt — every word sharing this signature is an anagram of PERTAIN.

Hooks for PERTAIN

A hook is a single letter that extends an existing word already on the board. Back hooks: S.

Words hidden inside PERTAIN

These valid words appear as an unbroken run of letters inside PERTAIN: PERT, TAIN, PER, TAI, AIN.

Best plays from PERTAIN

The longest words you can build from this rack are PAINTER (9 pts), REPAINT (9 pts), ARPENT (8 pts), ENRAPT (8 pts), ENTRAP (8 pts), NIPTER (8 pts).

About Unscrambling PERTAIN

The letters PERTAIN (p, e, r, t, a, i, n) can be rearranged into 230 different words, the longest of which are 7-letter words. Every one of those words is listed in full above — nothing is hidden behind a click or a script.

Definition: an unscramble is the act of rearranging a jumbled set of letters back into valid dictionary words. Unlike a simple anagram (which must use every letter exactly once), unscrambling also finds every shorter sub-word that can be built from a subset of those letters.

PERTAIN is a valid word in the TWL dictionary, worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends before board multipliers.

Letter Values in PERTAIN

  • P = 3 Scrabble points · 4 WWF points (worth more in WWF)
  • E = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • R = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • T = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • A = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • I = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • N = 1 Scrabble point · 2 WWF points (worth more in WWF)

How We Calculated These Words

Every candidate above was looked up by its alphabetical signature— the letters of the word sorted into A–Z order. Two words share a signature if and only if they contain the same letters, which is what makes anagram and sub-anagram lookups instant instead of O(n!). We then subtract each candidate's per-letter counts from your input's counts, drawing on the wildcard pool for any deficit, so only words you actually have the tiles to spell are returned. Read the full methodology →

Frequently asked about PERTAIN

How many words can you make from PERTAIN?

230 valid dictionary words can be made from the letters in PERTAIN, ranging from 2 letters up to 7 letters. Every one of them is listed on this page.

Is PERTAIN a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. PERTAIN appears in TWL dictionary and is worth 9 points in Scrabble before any board multipliers.

What is an anagram of PERTAIN?

PERTAIN has 2 direct anagrams: PAINTER, REPAINT. A direct anagram uses every letter of PERTAIN exactly once.

What letters hook onto PERTAIN?

Adding S to the end of PERTAIN makes a longer valid word.

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