examination needs no unscrambling at all — the eleven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 20 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 282 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
examination is the highest-scoring word from examination, worth 20 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 282 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eleven-letter word uses the letters in examination — and it is examination itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 20 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling examination turns up 4 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is examinant, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
There are 9 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in examination. If a familiar word is all you need, start with maintain and nominate. For points, the strongest plays are anoxemia and toxaemia — each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in examination produces 17 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with animate and mention. For points, the strongest plays are taximan, taximen, and toxemia — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling examination turns up 30 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nation. For points, the strongest plays are axeman, meninx, taxman, and taxmen — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
There are 55 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in examination. If a familiar word is all you need, start with meant. For points, 5 words tie at 14 points, including axiom, axman and axmen.
Rearranging the letters in examination produces 83 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with amen, atom and exam. For points, 6 words tie at 13 points, including exam, mixt and maxi.
Unscrambling examination turns up 53 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, ant and ate. For points, the strongest plays are max and mix — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 30 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in examination. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an and at. For points, the strongest plays are ax, ex, ox, and xi — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
1 twelve-letter word can be made using all the letters in examination plus one additional letter.
examination 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record five senses for examination. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 20 points on a Scrabble board:
examination is the only eleven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing examination unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is examination, worth 20 points in Scrabble, and no other word from examination 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 examination produce 282 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eleven-letter word, 4 nine-letter words, 9 eight-letter words, 17 seven-letter words, 30 six-letter words, 55 five-letter words, 83 four-letter words, 53 three-letter words and 30 two-letter words.