maximum needs no unscrambling at all — the seven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 30 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
maximum is the highest-scoring word from maximum, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 30 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in maximum — and it is maximum itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in maximum. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is maxim, 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 maximum produces 5 valid four-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these four-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is maxi, 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 maximum turns up 11 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, max, and mix. For points, the strongest plays are max, mix, and mux — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in maximum. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am and um. For points, the strongest plays are ax, xi, and xu — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 eight-letter word can be made using all the letters in maximum plus one additional letter.
maximum 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 four senses for maximum. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 17 points on a Scrabble board:
maximum is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing maximum unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is maximum, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from maximum 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 maximum produce 30 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 3 five-letter words, 5 four-letter words, 11 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.