ekphrasis needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 18 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 433 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ekphrasis is the highest-scoring word from ekphrasis, worth 18 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 433 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in ekphrasis — and it is ekphrasis itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ekphrasis. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is sparkish, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in ekphrasis produces 28 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with phrases and praises. For points, the strongest plays are peakish, perkish, and phreaks — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling ekphrasis turns up 75 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with kisser, phases and phrase. For points, the strongest play is phreak — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
There are 114 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ekphrasis. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ashes, hairs and hears. For points, the strongest play is kaphs — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in ekphrasis produces 121 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, apes and asks. For points, the strongest play is kaph — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling ekphrasis turns up 71 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, ape and are. For points, the strongest play is khi — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 20 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ekphrasis. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, as and eh. For points, the strongest plays are ka and ki — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
ekphrasis is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, but not in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it plays in Scrabble only.
ekphrasis is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing ekphrasis unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is ekphrasis, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ekphrasis 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 ekphrasis produce 433 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 3 eight-letter words, 28 seven-letter words, 75 six-letter words, 114 five-letter words, 121 four-letter words, 71 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.