known needs no unscrambling at all — the five-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 12 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
known is the highest-scoring word from known, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 12 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one five-letter word uses the letters in known — and it is known itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in known produces 2 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with know. For points, the strongest plays are know and wonk — 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 known turns up 4 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with now, own, and won. For points, the strongest play is wok — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 5 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in known. If a familiar word is all you need, start with no, ok, on, and ow. For points, the strongest play is ok — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 six-letter word can be made using all the letters in known plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in known and you get a different five-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 4 of the 5 letters, not all of them.
known 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for known. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
known is the only five-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing known unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is known, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from known 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 known produce 12 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 five-letter word, 2 four-letter words, 4 three-letter words and 5 two-letter words.