jiujutsu needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 14 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 23 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
jiujutsu is the highest-scoring word from jiujutsu, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 23 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in jiujutsu — and it is jiujutsu itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in jiujutsu produces 3 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are jujitsu, jujuist, and jujutsu, each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling jiujutsu produces exactly one five-letter word: jujus. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in jiujutsu produces 5 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with just and suit. For points, the strongest plays are just and juts — 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 jiujutsu turns up 7 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with its and sit. For points, the strongest plays are jus and jut — 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 6 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in jiujutsu. If a familiar word is all you need, start with is, it, and us. For points, the strongest plays are is, it, si, ti, us, and ut — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 nine-letter word can be made using all the letters in jiujutsu plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in jiujutsu and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
jiujutsu 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 5-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
jiujutsu is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing jiujutsu unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is jiujutsu, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from jiujutsu 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 jiujutsu produce 23 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 3 seven-letter words, 1 five-letter word, 5 four-letter words, 7 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.