graveyards needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 18 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 290 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
graveyards is the highest-scoring word from graveyards, worth 18 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 290 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in graveyards — and it is graveyards itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling graveyards turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is graveyard, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 4 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in graveyards. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is savagery, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in graveyards produces 16 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with graders and regards. For points, the strongest play is garveys — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling graveyards turns up 30 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dryers, grader, grades, graves, grayer, greasy, and regard. For points, the strongest plays are garvey and vagary — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 75 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in graveyards. If a familiar word is all you need, start with areas, dares, dears, drags, dryer, gayer, and grade. For points, the strongest play is gyved — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in graveyards produces 88 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aged, ages, area, dare, days, dear, and drag. For points, the strongest plays are davy and gyve — 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 graveyards turns up 59 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ads, age, are, aye, day, dry, and dye. For points, the strongest plays are day, dev, dey, dry, dye, gay, gey, veg, and yag — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in graveyards. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, as, and ay. For points, the strongest plays are ay, ya, and ye — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
graveyards 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 graveyards. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 18 points on a Scrabble board:
graveyards is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing graveyards unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is graveyards, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and no other word from graveyards 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 graveyards produce 290 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 4 eight-letter words, 16 seven-letter words, 30 six-letter words, 75 five-letter words, 88 four-letter words, 59 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.