Hidden inside former sit former and reform, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 11 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 35 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
former and reform tie for the highest Scrabble score from former at 11 points. The top 10 of 35 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in former: one comes from rearranging its letters, and former itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with former. For points, the strongest plays are former and reform — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 3 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in former. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is forme, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in former produces 6 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with form, from, and more. For points, the strongest plays are form and from — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling former turns up 13 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with for. For points, the strongest play is fem — worth 8 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 former. If a familiar word is all you need, start with me, of, and or. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and of — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in former 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.
former 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 five senses for former. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 11 points on a Scrabble board:
former is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing former unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are former and reform, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from former 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 former produce 35 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 3 five-letter words, 6 four-letter words, 13 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.