Hidden inside example sit example and exempla, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 18 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 59 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
example and exempla tie for the highest Scrabble score from example at 18 points. The top 10 of 59 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 seven-letter words hiding in example: one comes from rearranging its letters, and example itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with example. For points, the strongest plays are example and exempla — each worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling example produces exactly one six-letter word: empale. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in example. If a familiar word is all you need, start with expel and maple. For points, the strongest play is expel — 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 example produces 18 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with exam, lame, lamp, leap, male, meal, and peel. For points, the strongest plays are apex, exam, and plex — 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 example turns up 23 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ape, lap, map, max, pal, pea, and pee. For points, the strongest plays are max and pax — 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 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in example. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, ex, and me. For points, the strongest plays are ax and ex — 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 example and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
example 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 six senses for example. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 18 points on a Scrabble board:
example is one of two seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing example unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are example and exempla, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from example 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 example produce 59 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 1 six-letter word, 3 five-letter words, 18 four-letter words, 23 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.