examining needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 19 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 108 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
examining is the highest-scoring word from examining, worth 19 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 108 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in examining — and it is examining itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 19 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in examining produces 2 valid seven-letter words. Here the everyday answers and the top-scoring plays are one and the same: imagine and meaning, worth 10 points apiece in Scrabble.
Unscrambling examining turns up 10 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aiming, mixing, and naming. For points, the strongest plays are maxing and mixing — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
There are 17 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in examining. If a familiar word is all you need, start with genii and image. For points, the strongest play is axmen — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in examining produces 30 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with amen, exam and gain. For points, the strongest plays are exam, maxi, and minx — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling examining turns up 31 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, aim and man. For points, the strongest plays are max and mix — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 17 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in examining. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an and ex. For points, the strongest plays are ax, ex, and xi — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Swap a single tile in examining and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
examining 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 4-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
examining is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing examining unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is examining, worth 19 points in Scrabble, and no other word from examining 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 examining produce 108 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 2 seven-letter words, 10 six-letter words, 17 five-letter words, 30 four-letter words, 31 three-letter words and 17 two-letter words.