Guide
Seven-letter words: the best bingo stems
Using all seven tiles in one move earns a bonus, and the quickest way to find those words is to learn stems: six letters that become a seven-letter word with many different seventh tiles.
A stem is a six-letter word. Add one more tile and it often becomes a seven-letter word, with a different word for many different tiles. The extensions below are computed from the dictionary, so the counts are exact.
SATIRE: 18 extensions
- +A: ARISTAE, ASTERIA, ATRESIA
- +B: BAITERS, BARITES, REBAITS, TERBIAS
- +C: CRISTAE, RACIEST, STEARIC
- +D: ARIDEST, ASTRIDE, DIASTER, DISRATE, STAIDER, TARDIES, TIRADES (unscramble)
- +E: AERIEST, SERIATE
- +F: FAIREST
- +G: AIGRETS, GAITERS, SEAGIRT, STAGIER, TRIAGES
- +H: HASTIER
- +I: AIRIEST
- +L: REALIST, RETAILS, SALTIER, SALTIRE, SLATIER, TAILERS (unscramble)
- +M: IMARETS, MAESTRI, MISRATE, SMARTIE
- +N: ANESTRI, ANTSIER, NASTIER, RATINES, RETAINS, RETINAS, RETSINA, STAINER, STEARIN (unscramble)
- +P: PARTIES, PASTIER, PIASTER, PIASTRE, PIRATES, TRAIPSE (unscramble)
- +R: ARTSIER, TARRIES, TARSIER
- +S: SATIRES
- +T: ARTIEST, ARTISTE, ATTIRES, IRATEST, RATITES, STRIATE, TASTIER (unscramble)
- +V: VASTIER, VERITAS
- +W: WAISTER, WAITERS, WARIEST, WASTRIE (unscramble)
RETAIN: 17 extensions
- +C: CERATIN, CERTAIN, CREATIN
- +D: ANTIRED, DETRAIN, TRAINED
- +E: ARENITE, RETINAE, TRAINEE
- +F: FAINTER
- +G: GRANITE, GRATINE, INGRATE, TANGIER, TEARING (unscramble)
- +H: HAIRNET, INEARTH
- +I: INERTIA
- +K: KERATIN
- +L: LATRINE, RATLINE, RELIANT, RETINAL, TRENAIL (unscramble)
- +M: MINARET, RAIMENT
- +N: ENTRAIN
- +P: PAINTER, PERTAIN, REPAINT
- +R: RETRAIN, TERRAIN, TRAINER
- +S: ANESTRI, ANTSIER, NASTIER, RATINES, RETAINS, RETINAS, RETSINA, STAINER, STEARIN (unscramble)
- +T: INTREAT, ITERANT, NATTIER, NITRATE, TERTIAN (unscramble)
- +U: RUINATE, TAURINE, URANITE, URINATE
- +W: TAWNIER, TINWARE
RETINA: 17 extensions
- +C: CERATIN, CERTAIN, CREATIN
- +D: ANTIRED, DETRAIN, TRAINED
- +E: ARENITE, RETINAE, TRAINEE
- +F: FAINTER
- +G: GRANITE, GRATINE, INGRATE, TANGIER, TEARING (unscramble)
- +H: HAIRNET, INEARTH
- +I: INERTIA
- +K: KERATIN
- +L: LATRINE, RATLINE, RELIANT, RETINAL, TRENAIL (unscramble)
- +M: MINARET, RAIMENT
- +N: ENTRAIN
- +P: PAINTER, PERTAIN, REPAINT
- +R: RETRAIN, TERRAIN, TRAINER
- +S: ANESTRI, ANTSIER, NASTIER, RATINES, RETAINS, RETINAS, RETSINA, STAINER, STEARIN (unscramble)
- +T: INTREAT, ITERANT, NATTIER, NITRATE, TERTIAN (unscramble)
- +U: RUINATE, TAURINE, URANITE, URINATE
- +W: TAWNIER, TINWARE
SENIOR: 17 extensions
- +A: ERASION
- +C: COINERS, CRONIES, ORCEINS, RECOINS
- +D: DINEROS, INDORSE, ORDINES, ROSINED, SORDINE
- +G: ERINGOS, IGNORES, REGIONS, SIGNORE (unscramble)
- +H: INSHORE
- +I: IRONIES, NOISIER
- +J: JOINERS, REJOINS
- +L: NEROLIS
- +M: MERINOS
- +O: EROSION
- +P: ORPINES
- +R: IRONERS
- +S: SENIORS, SONSIER
- +T: NORITES, OESTRIN, ORIENTS, STONIER (unscramble)
- +U: URINOSE
- +V: RENVOIS, VERSION
- +W: SNOWIER
TENDER: 7 extensions
- +C: CENTRED, CREDENT
- +D: TRENDED
- +E: ENTERED
- +O: ERODENT
- +P: PRETEND
- +S: TENDERS
- +U: DENTURE, RETUNED, TENURED
INSERT: 18 extensions
- +A: ANESTRI, ANTSIER, NASTIER, RATINES, RETAINS, RETINAS, RETSINA, STAINER, STEARIN (unscramble)
- +C: CISTERN
- +D: TINDERS
- +E: ENTIRES, ENTRIES, RETINES, TRIENES
- +F: SNIFTER
- +G: RESTING, STINGER
- +H: HINTERS
- +K: REKNITS, STINKER, TINKERS
- +L: LINTERS
- +M: MINSTER, MINTERS, REMINTS
- +N: INTERNS, TINNERS
- +O: NORITES, OESTRIN, ORIENTS, STONIER (unscramble)
- +P: PTERINS
- +S: ESTRINS, INSERTS, SINTERS
- +T: RETINTS, STINTER, TINTERS
- +U: NUTSIER, TRIUNES, UNITERS
- +V: INVERTS, STRIVEN
- +W: TWINERS, WINTERS
How to use stems
When your rack has five or six letters of a stem, check the missing one. Even if your rack is not a perfect fit, a good stem gives you a target to aim at. Browse more racks at the 7-letter unscrambler pages or the full 7-letter word list.
More guides
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- Techniques that turn jumbled letters into words.
- No-vowel words and vowel-heavy dumps.
- How to pick a free multiplayer word game, honestly.
Questions
What is a bingo?
Playing all seven tiles of your rack in a single move. On Wordtide that earns a bonus on top of the word's points.
What makes a good stem?
Common letters, a mix of vowels and consonants, and endings like ER, ES, ED or ING. The data below shows how many seventh letters each stem takes.
Do I need to memorise them?
Learn two or three first. When your rack holds most of a stem's letters, test the rest: the unscrambler on the word finder page does the checking for you.
Play these words on the shared board
Wordtide is a free word game on one endless board shared by players around the world. Build off anyone's words, claim bonus squares and grow your own island: no download, no sign-up. Every word on this page is valid in the English world.