militia 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, 36 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
militia is the highest-scoring word from militia, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 36 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in militia — and it is militia itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in militia. If a familiar word is all you need, start with limit. For points, the strongest plays are limit and milia — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in militia produces 9 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with mail and tail. For points, the strongest plays are lima, mail, malt, and milt — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling militia turns up 12 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim and lit. For points, the strongest plays are aim, ami, lam, mat, mil, and tam — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in militia. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, at, and it. 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.
1 eight-letter word can be made using all the letters in militia plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in militia 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.
militia 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.
Dictionaries record two senses for militia. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 9 points on a Scrabble board:
militia is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing militia unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is militia, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from militia 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 militia produce 36 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 3 five-letter words, 9 four-letter words, 12 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.