maltols needs no unscrambling at all — the seven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 9 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 115 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
maltols is the highest-scoring word from maltols, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 115 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in maltols — and it is maltols itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 24 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in maltols. If a familiar word is all you need, start with atoms, malls and small. For points, 13 words tie at 7 points, including atoms, malls and small.
Rearranging the letters in maltols produces 44 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with also, atom and last. For points, 21 words tie at 6 points, including atom, mall and most.
Unscrambling maltols turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with all, lot, and sat. For points, 12 words tie at 5 points, including lam, mas and mat.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in maltols. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, as and at. For points, the strongest plays are am, ma, mo, and om — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
2 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in maltols plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in maltols and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
maltols 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.
maltols is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing maltols unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is maltols, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from maltols 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 maltols produce 115 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 7 six-letter words, 24 five-letter words, 44 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 13 two-letter words.