draftings needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 14 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 398 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
draftings is the highest-scoring word from draftings, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 398 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in draftings — and it is draftings itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in draftings. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is drafting, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in draftings produces 16 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with datings, ratings, staring, and trading. For points, the strongest plays are fadings and farding — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling draftings turns up 40 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with daring, dating, drains, giants, grands, grants, and grinds. For points, the strongest play is fading — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 105 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in draftings. If a familiar word is all you need, start with drags, drain, finds, first, gains, giant, and gifts. For points, the strongest plays are draft, drift, fagin, fangs, fards, finds, frags, frigs, gifts, graft, and grift — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in draftings produces 134 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aids, airs, ants, arts, digs, dirt, and drag. For points, the strongest plays are daft, difs, fads, fags, fang, fard, fids, figs, find, frag, frig, gifs, and gift — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling draftings turns up 77 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ads, aid, air, and, ant, art, and dig. For points, the strongest plays are dif, fad, fag, fid, fig, and gif — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in draftings. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, an, as, at, id, if, and in. For points, the strongest plays are fa and if — each worth 5 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 draftings and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
draftings 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 three senses for draftings. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 14 points on a Scrabble board:
draftings is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing draftings unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is draftings, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from draftings 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 draftings produce 398 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 6 eight-letter words, 16 seven-letter words, 40 six-letter words, 105 five-letter words, 134 four-letter words, 77 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.