Hidden inside major sit joram and major, five-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 14 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 24 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
joram and major tie for the highest Scrabble score from major at 14 points. The top 10 of 24 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 five-letter words hiding in major: one comes from rearranging its letters, and major itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with major. For points, the strongest plays are joram and major — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in major produces 2 valid four-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these four-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are mora and roam, each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling major turns up 13 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arm, jam, and jar. For points, the strongest play is jam — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 7 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in major. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am and or. For points, the strongest play is jo — worth 9 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 major 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.
major 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 thirteen senses for major. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 14 points on a Scrabble board:
major is one of two five-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing major unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are joram and major, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from major 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 major produce 24 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 five-letter words, 2 four-letter words, 13 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.