exploders 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, 311 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
exploders is the highest-scoring word from exploders, worth 19 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 311 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in exploders — and it is exploders itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 19 points in Scrabble.
There are 5 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in exploders. If a familiar word is all you need, start with explodes, explored, and explores. For points, the strongest plays are exploder, explodes, and explored — each worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in exploders produces 15 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with explode, explore, and exposed. For points, the strongest plays are explode and exposed — each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling exploders turns up 34 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with expels and expose. For points, 5 words tie at 15 points, including expels, expose and plexes.
There are 90 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in exploders. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deers, drops and expel. For points, the strongest play is poxed — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in exploders produces 92 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lord, lose and peed. For points, the strongest plays are plex, prex, and expo — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling exploders turns up 56 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with led, old and pee. For points, the strongest play is pox — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 18 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in exploders. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, ex, or, and so. For points, the strongest plays are ex and ox — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Swap a single tile in exploders 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.
exploders 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.
exploders is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing exploders unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is exploders, worth 19 points in Scrabble, and no other word from exploders 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 exploders produce 311 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 5 eight-letter words, 15 seven-letter words, 34 six-letter words, 90 five-letter words, 92 four-letter words, 56 three-letter words and 18 two-letter words.