katana needs no unscrambling at all — the six-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 10 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 17 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
katana is the highest-scoring word from katana, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 17 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one six-letter word uses the letters in katana — and it is katana itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling katana 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 katana produces 5 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 katana 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 katana. 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 seven-letter word can be made using all the letters in katana plus one additional letter.
katana is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, but not in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it plays in Scrabble only.
katana is the only six-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing katana unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is katana, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from katana 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 katana produce 17 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 1 five-letter word, 5 four-letter words, 4 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.