maligning needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 104 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
maligning is the highest-scoring word from maligning, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 104 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in maligning — and it is maligning itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in maligning. If a familiar word is all you need, start with mingling. For points, the strongest plays are mangling and mingling — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in maligning produces 9 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gaining, mailing, and nailing. For points, the strongest plays are gliming and imaging — 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 maligning turns up 18 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aiming, lining, and naming. For points, the strongest play is gaming — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 11 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in maligning. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aging. For points, the strongest play is gamin — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in maligning produces 25 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gain, gang, mail, main, and nail. For points, the strongest play is migg — 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 maligning turns up 25 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, gag, gal, gig, man, and nag. For points, the strongest plays are gam, mag, and mig — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in maligning. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an, and in. For points, the strongest plays are am, ma, and mi — each worth 4 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 maligning and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
maligning 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 6-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
maligning is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing maligning unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is maligning, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from maligning 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 maligning produce 104 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 3 eight-letter words, 9 seven-letter words, 18 six-letter words, 11 five-letter words, 25 four-letter words, 25 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.