exequies needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 24 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 20 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
exequies is the highest-scoring word from exequies, worth 24 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 20 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in exequies — and it is exequies itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 24 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling exequies produces exactly one five-letter word: eques. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 14 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling exequies produces exactly one four-letter word: exes. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
exequies 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 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
exequies is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing exequies unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is exequies, worth 24 points in Scrabble, and no other word from exequies 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 exequies produce 20 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 1 five-letter word, 1 four-letter word, 9 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.