amongst needs no unscrambling at all — the seven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 10 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 145 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
amongst is the highest-scoring word from amongst, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 145 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in amongst — and it is amongst itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 25 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in amongst. If a familiar word is all you need, start with among, atoms, goats, and tango. For points, the strongest plays are among, magot, mango, and ogams — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in amongst produces 53 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ants, atom and goat. For points, 5 words tie at 7 points, including gams, mags and mogs.
Unscrambling amongst turns up 44 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ago, ant and gas. For points, the strongest plays are gam, mag, and mog — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in amongst. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an and as. For points, the strongest plays are am, ma, mo, and om — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
5 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in amongst plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in amongst and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
amongst 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
amongst is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing amongst unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is amongst, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from amongst 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 amongst produce 145 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 6 six-letter words, 25 five-letter words, 53 four-letter words, 44 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.