attempting 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, 258 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
attempting is the highest-scoring word from attempting, worth 15 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 258 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in attempting — and it is attempting itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling attempting produces exactly one eight-letter word: tempting. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in attempting produces 12 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with attempt, patient, and petting. For points, the strongest plays are pigment, tamping, and temping — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling attempting turns up 31 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eating, magnet, and taping. For points, the strongest plays are amping, emping, and magpie — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 33 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in attempting. If a familiar word is all you need, start with agent, giant and image. For points, the strongest plays are tempi and tempt — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in attempting produces 84 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with amen, gain and game. For points, the strongest plays are gamp and gimp — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling attempting turns up 73 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, aim and ant. For points, the strongest plays are amp, imp, map, and pam — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 23 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in attempting. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an and at. For points, 8 words tie at 4 points, including am, me and em.
attempting 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.
attempting is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing attempting unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is attempting, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and no other word from attempting 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 attempting produce 258 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 eight-letter word, 12 seven-letter words, 31 six-letter words, 33 five-letter words, 84 four-letter words, 73 three-letter words and 23 two-letter words.