Hidden inside inferring sit inferring and infringer, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 13 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 81 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
inferring and infringer tie for the highest Scrabble score from inferring at 13 points. The top 10 of 81 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 nine-letter words hiding in inferring: one comes from rearranging its letters, and inferring itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are inferring and infringer, 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 4 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in inferring. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are fringier, infringe, refining, and refiring, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in inferring produces 4 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is finnier, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling inferring turns up 8 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with finger and firing. For points, the strongest plays are fening, finger, fining, firing, and fringe — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 16 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in inferring. If a familiar word is all you need, start with finer, genii, grief, and inner. For points, the strongest plays are feign and grief — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in inferring produces 14 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fine, fire, nine, and ring. For points, the strongest play is frig — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling inferring turns up 24 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with rig. For points, the strongest plays are fig and gif — 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 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in inferring. If a familiar word is all you need, start with if and in. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and if — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
2 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in inferring plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in inferring and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
inferring 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
inferring is one of two nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing inferring unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are inferring and infringer, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from inferring 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 inferring produce 81 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 nine-letter words, 4 eight-letter words, 4 seven-letter words, 8 six-letter words, 16 five-letter words, 14 four-letter words, 24 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.