forties needs no unscrambling at all — the seven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 10 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 170 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
forties is the highest-scoring word from forties, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 170 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in forties — and it is forties itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling forties turns up 16 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with forest and softer. For points, the strongest plays are fetors, forest, fortes, fortis, foster, frites, refits, resift, rifest, sifter, softer, softie, and strife — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 37 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in forties. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fires, first, forts, fries, riots, store, and tires. For points, the strongest plays are feist, fetor, fires, first, foist, fores, forte, forts, frets, fries, frise, frits, froes, frost, ofter, refit, reifs, rifts, and serif — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in forties produces 56 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fire, fist, fits, fort, rest, riot, and rise. For points, the strongest plays are efts, fest, fets, fire, firs, fist, fits, foes, fore, fort, fret, frit, froe, refs, reft, reif, rife, rifs, rift, seif, serf, sift, soft, and tref — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling forties turns up 41 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fit, for, its, set, sir, sit, and tie. For points, the strongest plays are efs, eft, fer, fes, fet, fie, fir, fit, foe, for, fro, ifs, oft, ref, and rif — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in forties. If a familiar word is all you need, start with if, is, it, of, or, so, and to. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, if, 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 forties and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
forties 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 forties carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record two senses for forties. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
forties is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing forties unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is forties, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from forties 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 forties produce 170 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 16 six-letter words, 37 five-letter words, 56 four-letter words, 41 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.