matchlocks needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 23 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 371 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
matchlocks is the highest-scoring word from matchlocks, worth 23 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 371 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in matchlocks — and it is matchlocks itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 23 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling matchlocks turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is matchlock, worth 22 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in matchlocks produces 3 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with stomach. For points, the strongest play is schlock — worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling matchlocks turns up 30 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with almost, chalks, clocks, mascot, and scotch. For points, the strongest play is chocks — worth 17 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 107 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in matchlocks. If a familiar word is all you need, start with altho, atoms, calms, catch, chalk, chaos, and chats. For points, the strongest play is chock — worth 16 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in matchlocks produces 140 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with acts, also, atom, lack, last, lock, and lost. For points, the strongest plays are hack and hock — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling matchlocks turns up 67 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, ash, ask, cat, ham, has, and hat. For points, the strongest play is ack — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 21 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in matchlocks. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, am, as, at, ha, hm, and ho. For points, the strongest play is hm — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
matchlocks 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 matchlocks. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 23 points on a Scrabble board:
matchlocks is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing matchlocks unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is matchlocks, worth 23 points in Scrabble, and no other word from matchlocks 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 matchlocks produce 371 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 3 seven-letter words, 30 six-letter words, 107 five-letter words, 140 four-letter words, 67 three-letter words and 21 two-letter words.