katakana needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 11 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 20 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
katakana is the highest-scoring word from katakana, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 20 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in katakana — and it is katakana itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling katakana turns up 2 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is katana, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
Unscrambling katakana produces exactly one five-letter word: tanka. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in katakana produces 6 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with tank. For points, the strongest plays are kana, kata, taka, and tank — each 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 katakana turns up 4 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant and tan. For points, the strongest play is kat — worth 7 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 katakana. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an and at. For points, the strongest play is ka — worth 6 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 katakana plus one additional letter.
katakana 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.
katakana is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing katakana unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is katakana, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from katakana 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 katakana produce 20 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 2 six-letter words, 1 five-letter word, 6 four-letter words, 4 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.