extols needs no unscrambling at all — the six-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 50 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
extols is the highest-scoring word from extols, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 50 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one six-letter word uses the letters in extols — and it is extols itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in extols. If a familiar word is all you need, start with stole. For points, the strongest plays are extol, loxes, and sexto — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in extols produces 14 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lets, lose, lost, lots, slot, and toes. For points, the strongest plays are oxes and sext — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling extols turns up 18 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with let, lot, set, sex, sox, and toe. For points, the strongest plays are lex, lox, sex, and sox — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in extols. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ex, so, and to. For points, the strongest plays are ex and ox — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 seven-letter word can be made using all the letters in extols plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in extols and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
extols 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.
Dictionaries record one sense for extols. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 13 points on a Scrabble board:
extols is the only six-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing extols unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is extols, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from extols 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 extols produce 50 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 6 five-letter words, 14 four-letter words, 18 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.