Monday, April 12, 2010

Rack Stats 6 7 8 9

Strategy

In the least, if you learn one word from each rack here you exclude having to consider 132 words.

If you enjoy learning more or all the words go for it! The advantage in learning more is that you have greater liberty in affecting future words. The positioning of letters with respect to scoring tiles is valuable!

24, 7-letter racks that make 6, 7, 8, 9 words

As you focus on a rack, see how many words you can mentally list. A full display for each rack, sorted by words made per rack, is available below.

a b e i l s t
a c e l o r s
a c e l p r s
a c e n r s t
a d e h r s t
a d e i r s t
a e e r s s t
a e g i n r s
a e g i n s t
a e i l n s t
a e i l r s t
a e i n r s t
a e i p r r s
a e i p r s t
a e i r s t t
a e l p r s t
c e e p r s t
c e h o r s t
d e i o p s t
e e i m p r s
e i p r s s t
e l r s s t u
e o p r s t u
e o r s s t u

15 racks each make 6 distinct words
7 racks each make 6 distinct words
1 rack makes 8 distinct words
1 rack makes 9 distinct words

15*6 + 7*7 + 1*8 + 1*9 = 156 distinct words

a b e i l s t - albites astilbe bastile bestial blastie stabile

a c e l o r s - claroes coalers escolar oracles recoals solacer

a c e l p r s - carpels clasper parcels placers reclasp scalper

a d e h r s t - dearths hardest hardset hatreds threads trashed

a e e r s s t - easters reseats searest seaters teasers tessera

a e g i n s t - easting eatings ingates ingesta seating teasing

a e i l r s t - realist retails saltier saltire slatier tailers

a e i p r r s - aspirer parries praiser rapiers raspier repairs

a e i p r s t - parties pastier piaster piastre pirates traipse

a e l p r s t - palters persalt plaster platers psalter stapler

c e e p r s t - recepts respect scepter sceptre specter spectre

c e h o r s t - hectors rochets rotches tochers torches troches

d e i o p s t - deposit dopiest podites posited sopited topside

e l r s s t u - lusters lustres results rustles sutlers ulsters

e o p r s t u - petrous posture pouters proteus spouter troupes

a c e n r s t - canters carnets nectars recants scanter tanrecs trances

a d e i r s t - aridest astride diaster disrate staider tardies tirades

a e i l n s t - elastin entails nailset salient saltine slainte tenails

a e i r s t t - artiest artiste attires iratest ratites striate tastier

e e i m p r s
- empires emprise epimers imprese premies premise spireme

e i p r s s t - esprits persist priests spriest sprites stirpes stripes

e o r s s t u - estrous oestrus ousters sourest souters stoures tussore

a e g i n r s
- earings erasing gainers reagins regains reginas searing seringa

a e i n r s t
- anestri antsier nastier ratines retains retinas retsina stainer stearin