nominating needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 160 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
nominating is the highest-scoring word from nominating, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 160 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in nominating — and it is nominating itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling nominating produces exactly one nine-letter word: anointing. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling nominating produces exactly one eight-letter word: intoning. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in nominating produces 8 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with tanning. For points, the strongest plays are manning, minting, moaning, moating, and tongman — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling nominating turns up 24 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aiming, naming, nation, and timing. For points, the strongest plays are aiming, mating, mignon, mining, naming, taming, and timing — 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 24 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nominating. If a familiar word is all you need, start with among, giant, and tango. For points, the strongest plays are amigo, among, gamin, imago, magot, and mango — 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 nominating produces 38 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with atom, gain, goat, into, main, and mint. For points, the strongest plays are magi and ogam — 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 nominating turns up 43 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ago, aim, ant, got, man, nag, and not. For points, the strongest plays are gam, mag, mig, and mog — 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 20 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nominating. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an, at, go, in, it, and no. For points, the strongest plays are am, ma, mi, 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.
nominating 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 5-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
nominating is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing nominating unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is nominating, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from nominating 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 nominating produce 160 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 1 eight-letter word, 8 seven-letter words, 24 six-letter words, 24 five-letter words, 38 four-letter words, 43 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.