examined needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 18 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 134 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
examined is the highest-scoring word from examined, worth 18 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 134 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in examined — and it is examined itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling examined produces exactly one seven-letter word: examine. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling examined turns up 11 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with maiden. For points, the strongest plays are axemen and examen — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 28 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in examined. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aimed, media, mixed, and named. For points, the strongest plays are admix, maxed, and mixed — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in examined produces 41 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with amen, damn, dime, dine, exam, idea, and made. For points, the strongest plays are exam, maxi, and minx — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling examined turns up 32 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aid, aim, and, die, end, mad, and man. For points, the strongest plays are max and mix — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 20 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in examined. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, am, an, ex, id, in, and me. For points, the strongest plays are ax, ex, and xi — each worth 9 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 examined and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
examined 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.
examined is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing examined unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is examined, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and no other word from examined 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 examined produce 134 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 1 seven-letter word, 11 six-letter words, 28 five-letter words, 41 four-letter words, 32 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.