localities needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 462 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
localities is the highest-scoring word from localities, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 462 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in localities — and it is localities itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling localities turns up 5 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are ciliolate, localites, oscillate and 2 more, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 10 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in localities. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are ciliates, coaliest, collates and 7 more, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in localities produces 32 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with isolate and locates. For points, 25 words tie at 9 points, including locates, aloetic and callets.
Unscrambling localities turns up 58 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with castle, cities and closet. For points, 37 words tie at 8 points, including castle, cities and closet.
There are 118 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in localities. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aisle, calls and cells. For points, 62 words tie at 7 points, including calls, cells and close.
Rearranging the letters in localities produces 146 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with acts, also and last. For points, 52 words tie at 6 points, including acts, lice and call.
Unscrambling localities turns up 70 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, all and ate. For points, 20 words tie at 5 points, including act, cat and ice.
There are 22 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in localities. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at and is. For points, 22 words tie at 2 points, including as, at and is.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in localities plus one additional letter.
localities 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 localities. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
localities is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing localities unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is localities, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from localities 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 localities produce 462 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 5 nine-letter words, 10 eight-letter words, 32 seven-letter words, 58 six-letter words, 118 five-letter words, 146 four-letter words, 70 three-letter words and 22 two-letter words.