artifices needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 14 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 377 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
artifices is the highest-scoring word from artifices, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 377 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in artifices — and it is artifices itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in artifices. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is artifice, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in artifices produces 11 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fairest and fairies. For points, the strongest plays are farcies and fiacres — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling artifices turns up 49 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with caters, cities, faster, racist, and reacts. For points, the strongest plays are crafts, facers, facets, facies, farces, farcie, fiacre, fistic, and fracti — 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 106 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in artifices. If a familiar word is all you need, start with after, cafes, cares, carts, cater, cries, and faces. For points, the strongest plays are cafes, craft, facer, faces, facet, facts, farce, farci, fices, and scarf — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in artifices produces 119 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with acts, airs, arts, cafe, care, cars, and cart. For points, the strongest plays are cafe, cafs, face, fact, fice, and fisc — 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 artifices turns up 69 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, air, are, art, ate, car, and cat. For points, the strongest play is caf — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in artifices. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at, if, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fa, fe, and if — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
7 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in artifices plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in artifices 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.
artifices 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 1-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 artifices. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 14 points on a Scrabble board:
artifices is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing artifices unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is artifices, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from artifices 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 artifices produce 377 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 3 eight-letter words, 11 seven-letter words, 49 six-letter words, 106 five-letter words, 119 four-letter words, 69 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.