exemptions needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 21 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 452 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
exemptions is the highest-scoring word from exemptions, worth 21 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 452 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in exemptions — and it is exemptions itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 21 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling exemptions turns up 3 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is exemption, worth 20 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in exemptions. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is xenotime, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in exemptions produces 34 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with sixteen. For points, the strongest play is exempts — worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling exemptions turns up 54 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with expose, points, and ponies. For points, the strongest plays are exempt and mpoxes — each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
There are 111 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in exemptions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with exist, exits and items. For points, 9 words tie at 14 points, including mixes, exome and expos.
Rearranging the letters in exemptions produces 130 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with meet, mine and mint. For points, the strongest play is mpox — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling exemptions turns up 82 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with its, men and met. For points, the strongest plays are mix, pix, and pox — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 29 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in exemptions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ex, in and is. For points, the strongest plays are ex, ox, and xi — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
exemptions 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 three senses for exemptions. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 21 points on a Scrabble board:
exemptions is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing exemptions unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is exemptions, worth 21 points in Scrabble, and no other word from exemptions 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 exemptions produce 452 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 3 nine-letter words, 8 eight-letter words, 34 seven-letter words, 54 six-letter words, 111 five-letter words, 130 four-letter words, 82 three-letter words and 29 two-letter words.