Hidden inside empand is one standout: dampen, a six-letter play worth 11 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 67 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
EMPAND isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to DAMPEN (verb), to moisten, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
dampen is the highest-scoring word from empand, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 67 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling empand produces exactly one six-letter word: dampen. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in empand. If a familiar word is all you need, start with named. For points, the strongest play is amped — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in empand produces 18 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with amen, damn and made. For points, the strongest play is damp — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling empand turns up 25 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with and, ape and end. For points, the strongest plays are amp, map, and pam — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in empand. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, am, an, and me. For points, 6 words tie at 4 points, including am, me and em.
1 seven-letter word can be made using all the letters in empand plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in empand 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.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is dampen, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from empand 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 empand produce 67 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 8 five-letter words, 18 four-letter words, 25 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.