claiming needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 108 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
claiming is the highest-scoring word from claiming, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 108 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in claiming — and it is claiming itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in claiming produces 2 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with calming and mailing. For points, the strongest play is calming — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling claiming turns up 13 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aiming. For points, the strongest play is macing — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 24 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in claiming. If a familiar word is all you need, start with claim and magic. For points, the strongest plays are gamic and magic — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in claiming produces 29 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with calm, gain and mail. For points, the strongest plays are calm, cami, clam, and mica — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling claiming turns up 27 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, can and gal. For points, the strongest plays are cam, mac, and mic — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in claiming. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an, and in. For points, the strongest plays are am, ma, and mi — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
2 nine-letter words can be made using all the letters in claiming plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in claiming 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.
claiming 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 5-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
claiming is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing claiming unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is claiming, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from claiming 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 claiming produce 108 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 2 seven-letter words, 13 six-letter words, 24 five-letter words, 29 four-letter words, 27 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.