appointing needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 15 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 172 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
appointing is the highest-scoring word from appointing, worth 15 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 172 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in appointing — and it is appointing itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in appointing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with painting and pointing. For points, the strongest play is pinpoint — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in appointing produces 11 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with tapping, tipping, and topping. For points, 5 words tie at 12 points, including tapping, tipping and topping.
Unscrambling appointing turns up 17 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nation and taping. For points, the strongest play is piping — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 31 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in appointing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with giant, paint and piano. For points, the strongest play is pipit — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in appointing produces 39 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gain, goat, into, and pain. For points, the strongest play is pipa — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling appointing turns up 48 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ago, ant and gap. For points, the strongest plays are app, pap, pip, and pop — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in appointing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, at and go. For points, the strongest plays are op, pa, pi, and po — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
appointing 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 5-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
appointing is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing appointing unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is appointing, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and no other word from appointing 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 appointing produce 172 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 6 eight-letter words, 11 seven-letter words, 17 six-letter words, 31 five-letter words, 39 four-letter words, 48 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.