beginning needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 47 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
beginning is the highest-scoring word from beginning, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 47 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in beginning — and it is beginning itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 2 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in beginning. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is bingeing, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in beginning produces 5 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is binging, 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 beginning turns up 6 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with biggie. For points, the strongest plays are biggie, biggin, and gibing — 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 6 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in beginning. If a familiar word is all you need, start with begin, being, and genii. For points, the strongest plays are begin, being, and binge — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in beginning produces 5 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nine. For points, the strongest plays are bing and gibe — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling beginning turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with beg, big, egg, and gig. For points, the strongest plays are beg, big, and gib — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 6 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in beginning. If a familiar word is all you need, start with be and in. For points, the strongest plays are be and bi — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 ten-letter word can be made using all the letters in beginning plus one additional letter.
beginning 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 6-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record six senses for beginning. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 13 points on a Scrabble board:
beginning is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing beginning unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is beginning, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from beginning 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 beginning produce 47 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 2 eight-letter words, 5 seven-letter words, 6 six-letter words, 6 five-letter words, 5 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.