Hidden inside legislator sit allegorist and legislator, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 11 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 880 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
allegorist and legislator tie for the highest Scrabble score from legislator at 11 points. The top 10 of 880 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in legislator: one comes from rearranging its letters, and legislator itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are allegorist and legislator, 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 legislator produces exactly one nine-letter word: allergist. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 21 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in legislator. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gorillas. For points, the strongest plays are allegros, galliots, gasolier, girasole, girolles, glariest, gloaters, gorillas, latigoes, legalist, legators, otalgies, seraglio, stillage, tillages, and tollages — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in legislator produces 75 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with glories, gorilla, isolate, largest, rallies, saltier, and storage. For points, the strongest plays are aiglets, aigrets, allegro, gaiters, galiots, gallets, gallies, galliot, galores, gaolers, garotes, gelatis, gelatos, gillers, girasol, girolle, glaires, glister, gloater, glorias, glories, goalies, goatier, goiters, goitres, goriest, gorilla, grilles, gristle, largest, latigos, legator, legatos, ligates, logiest, orgeats, orgiast, seagirt, soilage, stagier, storage, tillage, toerags, tollage, and triages — 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 legislator turns up 155 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alerts, alters, grills, orgies, sailor, serial, and taller. For points, the strongest plays are ageist, aglets, aiglet, aigret, algors, argils, argles, argols, argots, egoist, ergots, gaiter, galiot, gallet, galore, gaoler, garote, gaslit, gaster, gaters, gators, gelati, gelato, giller, glaire, glairs, glares, gloats, gloria, goalie, goiter, goitre, gorals, grails, grates, gratis, greats, grille, grills, grilse, griots, groats, lagers, larges, largos, latigo, legals, legato, legist, legits, ligase, ligate, ligers, logier, oglers, orgeat, orgies, regilt, retags, sagier, silage, solgel, stager, stogie, targes, tergal, tigers, toerag, triage, and trigos — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 238 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in legislator. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aisle, alert, alter, gates, girls, goals, and goats. For points, the strongest plays are aegis, agers, agile, agios, agist, aglet, agros, algor, argil, argle, argol, argot, ergot, gaits, gales, galls, gaols, gater, gates, gator, gears, gelts, getas, gills, gilts, girls, giros, girts, gites, glair, glare, glial, glias, gloat, glost, goals, goats, goers, goest, goral, gores, gorse, grail, grate, great, grill, griot, grist, grits, groat, grots, lager, large, largo, legal, legit, liger, loges, logia, ogler, ogles, ogres, rages, ragis, regal, retag, sager, sarge, sargo, sigla, stage, staig, targe, terga, tiger, togae, togas, tragi, trigo, trigs, and trogs — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in legislator produces 247 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ages, airs, also, arts, last, late, and legs. For points, the strongest plays are ager, ages, agio, agro, areg, lags, legs, loge, logs, ogle, ogre, orgs, rage, ragi, rags, regs, rigs, sage, sago, sego, slag, slog, stag, tags, tegs, toga, togs, trig, trog, egal, egis, egos, ergo, ergs, gaes, gait, gale, gall, gals, gaol, gars, gast, gate, gats, gear, gels, gelt, gest, geta, gets, gies, gill, gilt, girl, giro, girt, gist, gite, gits, glia, goal, goas, goat, goer, goes, gore, grat, grit, and grot — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling legislator turns up 112 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, ago, air, all, are, art, and ate. For points, the strongest plays are age, ago, ags, ego, erg, gae, gal, gar, gas, gat, gel, get, gie, gis, git, goa, gor, gos, got, lag, leg, log, org, rag, reg, rig, sag, seg, sig, tag, teg, and tog — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 29 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in legislator. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at, go, is, it, or, and so. For points, the strongest plays are ag, gi, and go — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in legislator plus one additional letter.
legislator 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 3-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 legislator. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 11 points on a Scrabble board:
legislator is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing legislator unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are allegorist and legislator, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from legislator 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 legislator produce 880 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 1 nine-letter word, 21 eight-letter words, 75 seven-letter words, 155 six-letter words, 238 five-letter words, 247 four-letter words, 112 three-letter words and 29 two-letter words.