ahold needs no unscrambling at all — the five-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 9 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 30 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ahold is the highest-scoring word from ahold, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 30 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one five-letter word uses the letters in ahold — and it is ahold itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in ahold produces 6 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hold and load. For points, the strongest plays are dahl, dhal, hold, and odah — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling ahold turns up 12 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with had, lad, and old. For points, the strongest plays are dah, doh, had, and hod — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ahold. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, ah, do, ha, ho, and oh. For points, the strongest plays are ah, ha, ho, and oh — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in ahold and you get a different five-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 4 of the 5 letters, not all of them.
ahold 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 ahold carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
ahold is the only five-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing ahold unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is ahold, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ahold 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 ahold produce 30 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 five-letter word, 6 four-letter words, 12 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.