averages needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 147 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
averages is the highest-scoring word from averages, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 147 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in averages — and it is averages itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in averages produces 4 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with average. For points, the strongest plays are average, greaves, ravages, and savager — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling averages turns up 14 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with agrees, graves, and grease. For points, the strongest plays are agaves, graves, greave, ravage, regave, savage, and verges — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 36 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in averages. If a familiar word is all you need, start with agree, areas, erase, grave, rages, and serve. For points, the strongest plays are agave, avgas, grave, vegas, veges, and verge — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in averages produces 49 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ages, area, ears, ease, eras, ever, and eves. For points, the strongest plays are gave and vega — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling averages turns up 35 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, are, ear, era, eve, gas, and gee. For points, the strongest play is veg — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in averages. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as. For points, the strongest play is ag — worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in averages and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
averages 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 twelve senses for averages. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
averages is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing averages unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is averages, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from averages 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 averages produce 147 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 4 seven-letter words, 14 six-letter words, 36 five-letter words, 49 four-letter words, 35 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.