Bingo Words: STALER
AELRST
AELRST is one of the richest bingo stems in Scrabble. Its many common word forms – STALER, ALERTS, ALTERS, ARTELS, SALTER, SLATER, TALERS – make it easy to recognise when you have these tiles on your rack.
There are 60 valid NWL23 bingo words you can form by adding one tile to STALER. Examples include LARGEST, TRAVELS, STALKER, SCARLET, PLASTER.
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Find plays with STALER →AELRST has more valid 6-letter anagram forms than almost any other Scrabble stem: ALERTS, ALTERS, ARTELS, ESTRAL, LASTER, RATELS, SALTER, SLATER, STALER, STELAR, and TALERS are all valid in NWL23. This redundancy is a training advantage – if you know any of these words, you will recognise the stem in your rack.
With 60 bingo words in NWL23, AELRST is the third-most productive 6-letter stem. The letters A, E, L, R, S, T are all common single-point tiles, so holding an AELRST rack costs very little in terms of tile value. Look for the adding letter on the board and play through it for the 50-point bingo bonus.