Hidden inside dozens sit dozens and zendos, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 16 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 64 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
dozens and zendos tie for the highest Scrabble score from dozens at 16 points. The top 10 of 64 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in dozens: one comes from rearranging its letters, and dozens itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dozens. For points, the strongest plays are dozens and zendos — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in dozens. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dozen and zones. For points, the strongest plays are dozen, dozes, zendo, and zoned — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in dozens produces 20 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with does, done, ends, nose, ones, send, and zone. For points, the strongest plays are doze and zeds — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling dozens turns up 22 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with end, one, and son. For points, the strongest play is zed — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in dozens. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, no, on, and so. For points, the strongest plays are de, do, ed, 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.
Swap a single tile in dozens and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
dozens 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 one sense for dozens. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 16 points on a Scrabble board:
dozens is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing dozens unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are dozens and zendos, worth 16 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from dozens 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 dozens produce 64 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 8 five-letter words, 20 four-letter words, 22 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.