metalsmith needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 457 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
metalsmith is the highest-scoring word from metalsmith, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 457 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in metalsmith — and it is metalsmith itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
There are 7 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in metalsmith. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is hammiest, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in metalsmith produces 18 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with atheist. For points, the strongest play is maihems — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling metalsmith turns up 47 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with emails, lamest and latest. For points, the strongest plays are immesh and maihem — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 114 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in metalsmith. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aisle, email and hails. For points, 10 words tie at 10 points, including maths, meths and shame.
Rearranging the letters in metalsmith produces 160 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ahem, aims and lame. For points, 15 words tie at 9 points, including ahem, math and meth.
Unscrambling metalsmith turns up 81 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, ash and ate. For points, the strongest play is hmm — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 29 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in metalsmith. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, am and as. For points, the strongest play is hm — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in metalsmith plus one additional letter.
metalsmith 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
metalsmith is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing metalsmith unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is metalsmith, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from metalsmith 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 metalsmith produce 457 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 7 eight-letter words, 18 seven-letter words, 47 six-letter words, 114 five-letter words, 160 four-letter words, 81 three-letter words and 29 two-letter words.