besmudge needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 14 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 115 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
besmudge is the highest-scoring word from besmudge, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 115 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in besmudge — and it is besmudge itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in besmudge produces 2 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 bemused, 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 besmudge turns up 9 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are begems, begums, and embeds, 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 21 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in besmudge. If a familiar word is all you need, start with edges. For points, the strongest plays are begem, begum, dumbs, and embed — 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 besmudge produces 38 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with beds, bees, begs, buds, bugs, bums, and dumb. For points, the strongest play is dumb — 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 besmudge turns up 35 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bed, bee, beg, bud, bug, bum, and bus. For points, the strongest play is bum — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in besmudge. If a familiar word is all you need, start with be, me, um, and us. For points, the strongest plays are be, em, me, mu, and um — each worth 4 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 besmudge 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.
besmudge 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.
besmudge is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing besmudge unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is besmudge, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from besmudge 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 besmudge produce 115 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 2 seven-letter words, 9 six-letter words, 21 five-letter words, 38 four-letter words, 35 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.