chlordanes needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 16 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 1076 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
chlordanes is the highest-scoring word from chlordanes, worth 16 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 1076 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in chlordanes — and it is chlordanes itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling chlordanes turns up 6 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are chaldrons, chandlers, chlordane, and chlordans, each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
There are 19 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in chlordanes. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are anchored, chaldron, chandler and 2 more, each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in chlordanes produces 96 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with anchors, candles and crashed. For points, 10 words tie at 13 points, including crashed, chadors and chordal.
Unscrambling chlordanes turns up 220 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with adores, anchor and candle. For points, 14 words tie at 12 points, including cashed, chased and arched.
There are 317 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in chlordanes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cards, cared and cares. For points, the strongest plays are chads, chard, chord, and ached — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in chlordanes produces 264 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with also, cans and card. For points, the strongest play is chad — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling chlordanes turns up 120 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ads, and and are. For points, the strongest play is och — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 33 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in chlordanes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, ah and an. For points, 7 words tie at 5 points, including ah, eh and ha.
chlordanes 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.
chlordanes is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing chlordanes unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is chlordanes, worth 16 points in Scrabble, and no other word from chlordanes 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 chlordanes produce 1076 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 6 nine-letter words, 19 eight-letter words, 96 seven-letter words, 220 six-letter words, 317 five-letter words, 264 four-letter words, 120 three-letter words and 33 two-letter words.