effigies needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 15 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 37 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
effigies is the highest-scoring word from effigies, worth 15 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 37 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in effigies — and it is effigies itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in effigies. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are fiefs and fifes, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in effigies produces 10 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fees. For points, the strongest plays are effs, fief, and fife — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling effigies turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fee, gee, and see. For points, the strongest plays are eff and iff — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 7 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in effigies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with if and is. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and if — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
effigies 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.
effigies is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing effigies unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is effigies, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and no other word from effigies 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 effigies produce 37 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 3 five-letter words, 10 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.