Hidden inside kennedy is one standout: keyed, a five-letter play worth 13 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 36 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
keyed is the highest-scoring word from kennedy, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 36 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in kennedy produces 13 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deny, knee, and need. For points, the strongest play is dyke — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling kennedy turns up 13 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dye, end, eye, and key. For points, the strongest plays are key and kye — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 5 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in kennedy. No common everyday answer stands out among these two-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is ye, worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is keyed, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from kennedy 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 kennedy produce 36 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 3 five-letter words, 13 four-letter words, 13 three-letter words and 5 two-letter words.