instancies needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 354 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
instancies is the highest-scoring word from instancies, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 354 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in instancies — and it is instancies itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling instancies turns up 2 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with instances. For points, the strongest plays are incessant and instances — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 14 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in instancies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with insanest and instance. For points, 7 words tie at 10 points, including instance, ancients and canities.
Rearranging the letters in instancies produces 39 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ancient. For points, 23 words tie at 9 points, including ancient, acetins and ascents.
Unscrambling instancies turns up 68 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cities, insane and insist. For points, 35 words tie at 8 points, including cities, nicest and scents.
There are 78 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in instancies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cases, casts and cents. For points, 30 words tie at 7 points, including cases, casts and cents.
Rearranging the letters in instancies produces 84 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with acts, ants and cans. For points, 30 words tie at 6 points, including acts, cans and case.
Unscrambling instancies turns up 51 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, ant and ass. For points, 11 words tie at 5 points, including act, can and cat.
There are 17 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in instancies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as and at. For points, 17 words tie at 2 points, including an, as and at.
instancies 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.
Dictionaries record two senses for instancies. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
instancies is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing instancies unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is instancies, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from instancies 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 instancies produce 354 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 14 eight-letter words, 39 seven-letter words, 68 six-letter words, 78 five-letter words, 84 four-letter words, 51 three-letter words and 17 two-letter words.