appraising 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, 263 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
appraising is the highest-scoring word from appraising, worth 15 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 263 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in appraising — and it is appraising itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling appraising produces exactly one nine-letter word: apprising. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 4 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in appraising. If a familiar word is all you need, start with praising. For points, the strongest play is rappinis — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in appraising produces 26 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aspirin, raising and rapping. For points, 6 words tie at 12 points, including rapping, ripping and grappas.
Unscrambling appraising turns up 30 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airing, raisin, rising, and spring. For points, the strongest plays are grappa and piping — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 60 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in appraising. If a familiar word is all you need, start with again, gains and grips. For points, the strongest plays are nappa, papas, and pipas — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in appraising produces 78 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, gain and gaps. For points, 5 words tie at 8 points, including apps, papa and paps.
Unscrambling appraising turns up 50 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, gap and gas. For points, the strongest plays are app, pap, and pip — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in appraising. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, in, and is. For points, the strongest plays are pa and pi — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
appraising 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 4-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 appraising. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 15 points on a Scrabble board:
appraising is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing appraising unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is appraising, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and no other word from appraising 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 appraising produce 263 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 4 eight-letter words, 26 seven-letter words, 30 six-letter words, 60 five-letter words, 78 four-letter words, 50 three-letter words and 13 two-letter words.