extraction needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 19 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 481 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
extraction is the highest-scoring word from extraction, worth 19 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 481 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in extraction — and it is extraction itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 19 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling extraction produces exactly one nine-letter word: carnotite. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 14 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in extraction. If a familiar word is all you need, start with reaction. For points, the strongest plays are anorexic, exaction, excitant, and toxicant — each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in extraction produces 40 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with certain and context. For points, 10 words tie at 16 points, including context, exactor and exciton.
Unscrambling extraction turns up 81 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with action, carton and erotic. For points, 8 words tie at 15 points, including exotic, anoxic and axenic.
There are 120 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in extraction. If a familiar word is all you need, start with actor, attic and cater. For points, 6 words tie at 14 points, including exact, toxic and carex.
Rearranging the letters in extraction produces 120 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with care, cart and cent. For points, the strongest plays are coax, coxa, and oxic — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling extraction turns up 78 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, air and ant. For points, the strongest play is cox — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 26 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in extraction. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, at and ex. For points, the strongest plays are ax, ex, ox, and xi — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in extraction plus one additional letter.
extraction 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 three senses for extraction. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 19 points on a Scrabble board:
extraction is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing extraction unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is extraction, worth 19 points in Scrabble, and no other word from extraction 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 extraction produce 481 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 14 eight-letter words, 40 seven-letter words, 81 six-letter words, 120 five-letter words, 120 four-letter words, 78 three-letter words and 26 two-letter words.