crossroads needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 132 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
crossroads is the highest-scoring word from crossroads, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 132 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in crossroads — and it is crossroads itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling crossroads produces exactly one nine-letter word: crossroad. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling crossroads produces exactly one seven-letter word: sordors. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling crossroads turns up 6 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with across. For points, the strongest play is scrods — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 31 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in crossroads. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cards, cords, cross, doors, odors, roads, and scars. For points, the strongest plays are cards, codas, cords, scads, and scrod — each 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 crossroads produces 50 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with card, cars, cord, door, odor, road, and rods. For points, the strongest plays are cads, card, coda, cods, cord, docs, and scad — 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 crossroads turns up 33 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ads, ass, car, rod, and sad. For points, the strongest plays are cad, cod, and doc — each 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 crossroads. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, as, do, or, and so. For points, the strongest plays are ad, da, do, and od — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
crossroads 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 1-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 crossroads. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 13 points on a Scrabble board:
crossroads is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing crossroads unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is crossroads, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from crossroads 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 crossroads produce 132 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 1 seven-letter word, 6 six-letter words, 31 five-letter words, 50 four-letter words, 33 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.