Hidden inside aftermaths sit aftermaths and hamfatters, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 18 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 415 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
aftermaths and hamfatters tie for the highest Scrabble score from aftermaths at 18 points. The top 10 of 415 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in aftermaths: one comes from rearranging its letters, and aftermaths itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are aftermaths and hamfatters, each worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling aftermaths turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are aftermath and hamfatter, each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 2 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in aftermaths. Here the everyday answer and the top-scoring play are one and the same: farthest, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in aftermaths produces 13 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fathers, hamster, matters, shatter, and threats. For points, the strongest play is hamfats — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling aftermaths turns up 49 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with faster, father, fatter, frames, hearts, master, and matter. For points, the strongest play is hamfat — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 108 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in aftermaths. If a familiar word is all you need, start with after, areas, earth, farms, fates, fears, and frame. For points, the strongest plays are fresh, haafs, hafts, hefts, shaft, sheaf, and theft — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in aftermaths produces 141 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ahem, area, arms, arts, ears, east, and eats. For points, the strongest plays are fahs, fash, fehs, haaf, haft, and heft — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling aftermaths turns up 74 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aah, aha, are, arm, art, ash, and ate. For points, the strongest plays are fah and feh — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 24 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in aftermaths. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, am, as, at, eh, ha, and he. For points, the strongest play is hm — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
aftermaths is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
Both totals match, because every tile in aftermaths carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record two senses for aftermaths. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 18 points on a Scrabble board:
aftermaths is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing aftermaths unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are aftermaths and hamfatters, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from aftermaths earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in aftermaths produce 415 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 2 nine-letter words, 2 eight-letter words, 13 seven-letter words, 49 six-letter words, 108 five-letter words, 141 four-letter words, 74 three-letter words and 24 two-letter words.