Hidden inside congas sit congas and gascon, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 52 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
congas and gascon tie for the highest Scrabble score from congas at 9 points. The top 10 of 52 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in congas: one comes from rearranging its letters, and congas itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are congas and gascon, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 4 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in congas. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is conga, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in congas produces 17 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cans, cons, nags, sang, and song. For points, the strongest plays are cogs and scag — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling congas turns up 20 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ago, can, con, gas, nag, and son. For points, the strongest play is cog — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in congas. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, go, no, on, and so. For points, the strongest plays are ag and go — each worth 3 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 congas and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
congas 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.
congas is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing congas unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are congas and gascon, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from congas 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 congas produce 52 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 4 five-letter words, 17 four-letter words, 20 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.