nonflying needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 16 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 73 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
nonflying is the highest-scoring word from nonflying, worth 16 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 73 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in nonflying — and it is nonflying itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling nonflying produces exactly one six-letter word: flying. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 16 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nonflying. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lying. For points, the strongest play is finny — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in nonflying produces 24 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with golf, lion, long, and only. For points, the strongest play is fogy — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling nonflying turns up 19 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fly, fog, log, and oil. For points, the strongest plays are fly and foy — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nonflying. If a familiar word is all you need, start with go, if and in. For points, the strongest plays are if, of, oy, and yo — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
nonflying 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 4-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
nonflying is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing nonflying unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is nonflying, worth 16 points in Scrabble, and no other word from nonflying 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 nonflying produce 73 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 16 five-letter words, 24 four-letter words, 19 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.