Hidden inside models sit models and seldom, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 85 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
models and seldom tie for the highest Scrabble score from models at 9 points. The top 10 of 85 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in models: one comes from rearranging its letters, and models itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with models. For points, the strongest plays are models and seldom — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 10 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in models. If a familiar word is all you need, start with model, modes, and moles. For points, the strongest plays are demos, domes, melds, model, modes, and molds — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in models produces 30 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with does, lose, mode, mole, sold, and some. For points, the strongest plays are demo, dome, doms, meds, meld, mode, mods, and mold — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling models turns up 29 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with led and old. For points, the strongest plays are dom, med, and mod — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 14 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in models. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, me, and so. For points, the strongest plays are em, me, mo, and om — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in models and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
models 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 sixteen senses for models. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 9 points on a Scrabble board:
models is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing models unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are models and seldom, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from models 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 models produce 85 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 10 five-letter words, 30 four-letter words, 29 three-letter words and 14 two-letter words.