AEILRST*

.. were the letters given to the students for their word building, and they were taken from the Vocable game. They were divided into groups, and each had to construct new words from these 8 letters. The star could be used for any letters, and each letters could be used once only. Students used dictionaries to help them form the words. Words created using 4 tiles and above were given marks as follows:

4 tiles = 1 mark
5 tiles = 2 marks
6 tiles = 3 marks
7 tiles = 4 marks
8 tiles = 5 marks

The students were completely immersed in the task, and fought among them to get the highest marks possible. Some of the groups managed to form 7-letter words but none of them created 8-letter words. Some 7 and 8-letter words for consideration:


7-letter words

SALIENT
LITERAL
RATTLES
STERILE
RELIANT
RETAILS
TAILORS
STAPLER
REALITY
RENTALS
RITUALS
RECITAL
RELATES
TRIPLES
RETAINS
LITTERS
TRAILER
REALIST
LARGEST
SALTIER
STALKER
SERIALS
TASTIER
REALISE
WAITERS
DETAILS
REALISM

8-letter words

TRAILERS
RECITALS
REALISTS