determining needs no unscrambling at all — the eleven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 15 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 441 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
determining is the highest-scoring word from determining, worth 15 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 441 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eleven-letter word uses the letters in determining — and it is determining itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in determining produces 4 valid ten-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ingredient. For points, the strongest play is demeriting — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling determining turns up 8 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with reminding. For points, the strongest plays are dementing, remending, and reminding — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 21 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in determining. If a familiar word is all you need, start with entering. For points, the strongest plays are demining and emending — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in determining produces 58 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with editing, meeting and minding. For points, the strongest plays are deeming, mending, and minding — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling determining turns up 97 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dining, dinner and ending. For points, the strongest plays are degerm, grimed, merged, and midget — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 86 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in determining. If a familiar word is all you need, start with diner, enter and genii. For points, the strongest play is midge — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in determining produces 98 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deer, diet and dime. For points, 12 words tie at 7 points, including dime, germ and mind.
Unscrambling determining turns up 52 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, dig and end. For points, 6 words tie at 6 points, including dim, gem and med.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in determining. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id, in, it, and me. For points, the strongest plays are em, me, and mi — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
1 twelve-letter word can be made using all the letters in determining plus one additional letter.
determining 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 4-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for determining. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 15 points on a Scrabble board:
determining is the only eleven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing determining unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is determining, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and no other word from determining 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 determining produce 441 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eleven-letter word, 4 ten-letter words, 8 nine-letter words, 21 eight-letter words, 58 seven-letter words, 97 six-letter words, 86 five-letter words, 98 four-letter words, 52 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.