attributes needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 492 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
attributes is the highest-scoring word from attributes, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 492 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in attributes — and it is attributes itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling attributes turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are attribute and brattiest, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in attributes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with tributes. For points, 5 words tie at 10 points, including tributes, abutters and battiest.
Rearranging the letters in attributes produces 49 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with tastier and tribute. For points, 23 words tie at 9 points, including tribute, abutter and arbutes.
Unscrambling attributes turns up 78 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with artist, barest and bitter. For points, 42 words tie at 8 points, including barest, bitter and breast.
There are 121 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in attributes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with abuse, baits and bears. For points, 58 words tie at 7 points, including abuse, baits and bears.
Rearranging the letters in attributes produces 131 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, arts and bait. For points, 54 words tie at 6 points, including bait, bare and bars.
Unscrambling attributes turns up 78 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, are and art. For points, 23 words tie at 5 points, including bar, bat and bet.
There are 21 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in attributes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at and be. For points, the strongest plays are ab, ba, be, and bi — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
attributes 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record four senses for attributes. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
attributes is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing attributes unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is attributes, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from attributes 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 attributes produce 492 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 11 eight-letter words, 49 seven-letter words, 78 six-letter words, 121 five-letter words, 131 four-letter words, 78 three-letter words and 21 two-letter words.