curveballs needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 442 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
curveballs is the highest-scoring word from curveballs, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 442 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in curveballs — and it is curveballs itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling curveballs turns up 3 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is curveball, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
There are 4 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in curveballs. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are arbuscle, brucella, and bullaces, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in curveballs produces 26 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with callers and recalls. For points, 5 words tie at 12 points, including carvels, clavers and culvers.
Unscrambling curveballs turns up 66 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with braces, cables and caller. For points, 13 words tie at 11 points, including calves, carves and braves.
There are 131 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in curveballs. If a familiar word is all you need, start with abler, abuse and balls. For points, 10 words tie at 10 points, including brave, carve and caves.
Rearranging the letters in curveballs produces 129 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with able, ball and bare. For points, the strongest plays are cave, vacs, and verb — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling curveballs turns up 69 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with all, are and bar. For points, the strongest play is vac — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in curveballs. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, be, and us. For points, the strongest plays are ab, ba, and be — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
curveballs 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.
curveballs is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing curveballs unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is curveballs, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from curveballs 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 curveballs produce 442 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 3 nine-letter words, 4 eight-letter words, 26 seven-letter words, 66 six-letter words, 131 five-letter words, 129 four-letter words, 69 three-letter words and 13 two-letter words.