convictions needs no unscrambling at all — the eleven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 18 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 140 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
convictions is the highest-scoring word from convictions, worth 18 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 140 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eleven-letter word uses the letters in convictions — and it is convictions itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling convictions produces exactly one ten-letter word: conviction. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling convictions produces exactly one nine-letter word: concision. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 4 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in convictions. Here the everyday answer and the top-scoring play are one and the same: convicts, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in convictions produces 5 valid seven-letter words. Here the everyday answer and the top-scoring play are one and the same: convict, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling convictions turns up 17 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with onions and vision. For points, the strongest play is civics — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 34 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in convictions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with coins, noons, onion, and visit. For points, the strongest play is civic — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in convictions produces 37 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with coin, cons and cost. For points, the strongest play is coco — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling convictions turns up 29 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with con, its and not. For points, the strongest plays are vin and vis — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in convictions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in, is and it. For points, 11 words tie at 2 points, including in, is and it.
convictions 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 two senses for convictions. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 18 points on a Scrabble board:
convictions is the only eleven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing convictions unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is convictions, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and no other word from convictions 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 convictions produce 140 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eleven-letter word, 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 4 eight-letter words, 5 seven-letter words, 17 six-letter words, 34 five-letter words, 37 four-letter words, 29 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.