locally needs no unscrambling at all — the seven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 38 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
locally is the highest-scoring word from locally, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 38 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in locally — and it is locally itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 7 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in locally. If a familiar word is all you need, start with local and loyal. For points, the strongest plays are coaly and colly — 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 locally produces 14 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with call, clay, and cola. For points, the strongest plays are acyl, clay, cloy, coly, and lacy — each 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 locally turns up 9 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with all and lay. For points, the strongest plays are cay and coy — each worth 8 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 locally. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ay, oy, and yo. For points, the strongest plays are ay, oy, ya, and yo — each worth 5 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 locally and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
locally 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 two senses for locally. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
locally is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing locally unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is locally, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from locally 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 locally produce 38 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 7 five-letter words, 14 four-letter words, 9 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.