Hidden inside algorithm sit algorithm and logarithm, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 15 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 294 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
algorithm and logarithm tie for the highest Scrabble score from algorithm at 15 points. The top 10 of 294 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 nine-letter words hiding in algorithm: one comes from rearranging its letters, and algorithm itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are algorithm and logarithm, each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in algorithm produces 2 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alright. For points, the strongest plays are alright and goliath — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling algorithm turns up 20 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are mohair, thairm, and thiram, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 54 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in algorithm. If a familiar word is all you need, start with altho, light, might, moral, right, trail, and trial. For points, the strongest plays are might and ogham — 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 algorithm produces 110 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with argh, atom, girl, goal, goat, hail, and hair. For points, the strongest plays are halm, harm, holm, homa, math, and moth — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling algorithm turns up 79 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ago, aim, air, arm, art, gal, and got. For points, the strongest plays are ham, him, hom, mho, and ohm — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 27 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in algorithm. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, am, at, go, ha, hi, and hm. 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.
2 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in algorithm plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in algorithm and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
algorithm 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.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for algorithm. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 15 points on a Scrabble board:
algorithm is one of two nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing algorithm unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are algorithm and logarithm, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from algorithm 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 algorithm produce 294 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 nine-letter words, 2 seven-letter words, 20 six-letter words, 54 five-letter words, 110 four-letter words, 79 three-letter words and 27 two-letter words.