examines needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 153 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
examines is the highest-scoring word from examines, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 153 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in examines — and it is examines itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in examines produces 4 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with examine. For points, the strongest plays are examens and examine — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling examines turns up 15 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are axemen, examen, minxes, and saxmen, 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 32 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in examines. If a familiar word is all you need, start with exams, maxes, means, mixes, names, and semen. For points, the strongest plays are axmen, exams, maxes, maxis, and mixes — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in examines produces 45 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aims, amen, ease, exam, exes, main, and mean. 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 examines turns up 37 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, man, max, men, mix, sea, and see. 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 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in examines. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an, as, ex, in, is, 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 examines 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.
examines 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.
Dictionaries record five senses for examines. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 17 points on a Scrabble board:
examines is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing examines unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is examines, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from examines 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 examines produce 153 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 4 seven-letter words, 15 six-letter words, 32 five-letter words, 45 four-letter words, 37 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.