courthouse needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 15 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 416 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
courthouse is the highest-scoring word from courthouse, worth 15 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 416 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in courthouse — and it is courthouse itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling courthouse 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 words are courteous and outsource, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 10 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in courthouse. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are cheroots, ocherous, ochreous and 2 more, each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in courthouse produces 33 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with scooter and touches. For points, 18 words tie at 12 points, including touches, cheroot and chooser.
Unscrambling courthouse turns up 66 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with choose, chores and course. For points, 25 words tie at 11 points, including choose, chores and cherts.
There are 110 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in courthouse. If a familiar word is all you need, start with chest, chore and chose. For points, 22 words tie at 10 points, including chest, chore and chose.
Rearranging the letters in courthouse produces 111 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with core, cost and cues. For points, 9 words tie at 9 points, including ouch, such and coho.
Unscrambling courthouse turns up 65 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cue, cut and her. For points, the strongest play is och — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 18 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in courthouse. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eh, he and ho. For points, 6 words tie at 5 points, including eh, he and ho.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in courthouse plus one additional letter.
courthouse 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 2-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 courthouse. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 15 points on a Scrabble board:
courthouse is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing courthouse unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is courthouse, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and no other word from courthouse 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 courthouse produce 416 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 10 eight-letter words, 33 seven-letter words, 66 six-letter words, 110 five-letter words, 111 four-letter words, 65 three-letter words and 18 two-letter words.