commending needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 18 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 198 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
commending is the highest-scoring word from commending, worth 18 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 198 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in commending — and it is commending itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in commending. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are mnemonic and modeming, each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in commending produces 10 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is commend, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling commending turns up 24 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with coined, coming, ending, and income. For points, the strongest play is commie — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 35 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in commending. If a familiar word is all you need, start with demon, doing, and gnome. For points, 6 words tie at 10 points, including demic, domic and gimme.
Rearranging the letters in commending produces 54 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with code, coin and come. For points, the strongest play is comm — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling commending turns up 51 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with con, die and dig. For points, 5 words tie at 7 points, including mom, mem and mic.
There are 20 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in commending. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, go and id. For points, the strongest play is mm — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
commending 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 6-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
commending is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing commending unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is commending, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and no other word from commending 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 commending produce 198 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 3 eight-letter words, 10 seven-letter words, 24 six-letter words, 35 five-letter words, 54 four-letter words, 51 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.