nonmigrant 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, 278 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
nonmigrant is the highest-scoring word from nonmigrant, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 278 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in nonmigrant — and it is nonmigrant itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling nonmigrant produces exactly one eight-letter word: ignorant. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in nonmigrant produces 13 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with morning and tanning. For points, 8 words tie at 10 points, including morning, manning and marting.
Unscrambling nonmigrant turns up 34 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with naming, nation, and rating. For points, 7 words tie at 9 points, including naming, arming and margin.
There are 51 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nonmigrant. If a familiar word is all you need, start with among, giant and grant. For points, 6 words tie at 8 points, including among, amigo and gamin.
Rearranging the letters in nonmigrant produces 86 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with atom, gain and goat. For points, 6 words tie at 7 points, including gorm, gram and grim.
Unscrambling nonmigrant turns up 70 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ago, aim and air. For points, the strongest plays are gam, mag, mig, and mog — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 22 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nonmigrant. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an and at. For points, 5 words tie at 4 points, including am, ma and mi.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in nonmigrant plus one additional letter.
nonmigrant 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.
nonmigrant is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing nonmigrant unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is nonmigrant, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from nonmigrant 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 nonmigrant produce 278 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 eight-letter word, 13 seven-letter words, 34 six-letter words, 51 five-letter words, 86 four-letter words, 70 three-letter words and 22 two-letter words.