lilies needs no unscrambling at all — the six-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 6 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 22 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
lilies is the highest-scoring word from lilies, worth 6 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 22 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one six-letter word uses the letters in lilies — and it is lilies itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling lilies produces exactly one five-letter word: lisle. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 5 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in lilies produces 7 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lies and sell. For points, the strongest plays are ells, ills, isle, leis, lies, sell, and sill — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling lilies turns up 8 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ill and lie. For points, the strongest plays are ell, els, ill, lei, lie, lis, sei, and sel — each worth 3 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 lilies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with is. For points, the strongest plays are el, es, is, li, and si — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in lilies and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
lilies 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.
lilies is the only six-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing lilies unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is lilies, worth 6 points in Scrabble, and no other word from lilies 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 lilies produce 22 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 1 five-letter word, 7 four-letter words, 8 three-letter words and 5 two-letter words.