festivity 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, 77 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
festivity is the highest-scoring word from festivity, worth 18 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 77 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in festivity — and it is festivity itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling festivity produces exactly one seven-letter word: testify. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 9 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in festivity. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fives and visit. For points, the strongest plays are fives and fytte — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in festivity produces 26 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fist, fits and five. For points, the strongest plays are five and tivy — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling festivity turns up 27 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fit, its and set. For points, the strongest plays are fey and ivy — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in festivity. If a familiar word is all you need, start with if, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, if, and ye — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
festivity 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in festivity carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record one sense for festivity. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 18 points on a Scrabble board:
festivity is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing festivity unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is festivity, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and no other word from festivity 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 festivity produce 77 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 1 seven-letter word, 2 six-letter words, 9 five-letter words, 26 four-letter words, 27 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.