expedition needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 20 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 208 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
expedition is the highest-scoring word from expedition, worth 20 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 208 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in expedition — and it is expedition itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 20 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling expedition produces exactly one nine-letter word: pentoxide. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 19 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in expedition produces 6 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with edition and pointed. For points, the strongest plays are epoxide and epoxied — each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling expedition turns up 22 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with extend, opened, and pitied. For points, the strongest play is expend — worth 16 points in Scrabble.
There are 40 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in expedition. If a familiar word is all you need, start with idiot and point. For points, the strongest play is poxed — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in expedition produces 64 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deep, diet and dine. For points, the strongest play is expo — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling expedition turns up 50 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, dip and dot. For points, the strongest plays are pix and pox — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 24 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in expedition. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, ex and id. For points, the strongest plays are ex, ox, and xi — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in expedition plus one additional letter.
expedition 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 expedition. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 20 points on a Scrabble board:
expedition is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing expedition unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is expedition, worth 20 points in Scrabble, and no other word from expedition 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 expedition produce 208 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 6 seven-letter words, 22 six-letter words, 40 five-letter words, 64 four-letter words, 50 three-letter words and 24 two-letter words.