extermine needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 18 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 130 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
extermine is the highest-scoring word from extermine, worth 18 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 130 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in extermine — and it is extermine itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in extermine produces 5 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with extreme and teenier. For points, the strongest play is extreme — worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling extermine turns up 21 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with entire. For points, the strongest play is remixt — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 28 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in extermine. If a familiar word is all you need, start with enter, meter, and mixer. For points, the strongest plays are mirex, mixer, remex, and remix — each 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 extermine produces 36 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with exit, item, meet, mine, mint, mixt, and next. For points, the strongest plays are minx and mixt — 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 extermine turns up 25 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with men, met, mix, net, ten, tie, and tin. For points, the strongest play is mix — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 14 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in extermine. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ex, in, it, and me. For points, the strongest plays are ex and xi — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
3 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in extermine plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in extermine 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.
extermine 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.
extermine is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing extermine unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is extermine, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and no other word from extermine 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 extermine produce 130 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 5 seven-letter words, 21 six-letter words, 28 five-letter words, 36 four-letter words, 25 three-letter words and 14 two-letter words.