cognizances needs no unscrambling at all — the eleven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 25 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 384 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
cognizances is the highest-scoring word from cognizances, worth 25 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 384 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eleven-letter word uses the letters in cognizances — and it is cognizances itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 25 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in cognizances produces 2 valid ten-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is cognizance, worth 24 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling cognizances turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is canonizes, worth 20 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 12 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in cognizances. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are cognizes and cozening, each worth 20 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in cognizances produces 33 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ceasing and cocaine. For points, the strongest play is cognize — worth 19 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling cognizances turns up 64 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with casino, easing, insane, and oceans. For points, the strongest plays are azonic, cozens, cozies, zincos, and zoecia — each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 81 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in cognizances. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cages, coins, cones, gains, nazis, nines, and noise. For points, the strongest plays are azoic, cozen, cozes, cozie, zinco, and zincs — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in cognizances produces 102 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ages, cage, cans, case, coin, cone, and cons. For points, the strongest plays are zinc and zoic — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling cognizances turns up 66 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, ago, can, con, ego, gas, and ice. For points, the strongest play is coz — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 21 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in cognizances. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, go, in, is, no, and on. For points, the strongest play is za — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
cognizances 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.
Dictionaries record three senses for cognizances. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 25 points on a Scrabble board:
cognizances is the only eleven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing cognizances unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is cognizances, worth 25 points in Scrabble, and no other word from cognizances 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 cognizances produce 384 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eleven-letter word, 2 ten-letter words, 2 nine-letter words, 12 eight-letter words, 33 seven-letter words, 64 six-letter words, 81 five-letter words, 102 four-letter words, 66 three-letter words and 21 two-letter words.