clockworks needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 20 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 100 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
clockworks is the highest-scoring word from clockworks, worth 20 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 100 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in clockworks — and it is clockworks itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 20 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling clockworks produces exactly one nine-letter word: clockwork. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 19 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling clockworks produces exactly one eight-letter word: rowlocks. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling clockworks produces exactly one seven-letter word: rowlock. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling clockworks turns up 4 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with clocks and colors. For points, the strongest plays are clocks and crocks — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 24 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in clockworks. If a familiar word is all you need, start with clock, cocks, color, cooks, cools, locks, and looks. For points, the strongest plays are clock, cocks, and crock — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in clockworks produces 38 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cock, cook, cool, cows, lock, look, and owls. For points, the strongest play is cock — 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 clockworks turns up 23 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cow, low, owl, row, and woo. For points, the strongest play is wok — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 7 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in clockworks. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ok, or, ow, and so. For points, the strongest play is ok — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
clockworks 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for clockworks. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 20 points on a Scrabble board:
clockworks is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing clockworks unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is clockworks, worth 20 points in Scrabble, and no other word from clockworks 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 clockworks produce 100 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 1 eight-letter word, 1 seven-letter word, 4 six-letter words, 24 five-letter words, 38 four-letter words, 23 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.