nonpareils needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 853 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
nonpareils is the highest-scoring word from nonpareils, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 853 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in nonpareils — and it is nonpareils itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling nonpareils turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is nonpareil, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 16 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nonpareils. If a familiar word is all you need, start with personal. For points, the strongest plays are opalines, panniers, pelorian, pelorias, personal, planners, polarise, pralines, prolines, psoralen, and saponine — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in nonpareils produces 55 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with insaner, plainer, and spoiler. For points, the strongest plays are alpines, epinaos, epsilon, espanol, nonslip, nopales, opaline, orpines, palsier, paniers, panners, pannier, paroles, peloria, pension, persona, pilsner, pineals, pinners, pinoles, pinones, plainer, planers, planner, praline, prolans, proline, rapines, replans, reposal, saponin, senopia, soapier, soprani, spaniel, spanner, spinner, splenia, and spoiler — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling nonpareils turns up 156 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aliens, insane, learns, online, operas, person, and pianos. For points, the strongest plays are alpine, aprons, arpens, aslope, aspire, espial, espoir, inspan, lapins, lapser, lipase, lisper, lopers, nonpar, nopals, operas, opines, orpine, orpins, paeons, paleos, palier, panels, panier, panino, panner, pannes, parens, pareos, paries, parles, parole, parols, parson, pearls, penial, pennia, pennis, pensil, perils, pernio, person, pianos, pilose, pineal, pinnae, pinnal, pinnas, pinner, pinole, pinons, plains, planer, planes, pleons, pliers, poiser, polars, poleis, polers, polies, ponies, porins, posier, praise, prions, prison, prolan, proles, prones, rapine, repins, replan, ripens, sannop, sloper, sniper, soaper, spinal, spinel, spinor, spiral, spirea, spline, splore, sporal, and sprain — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 259 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nonpareils. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nails, nines, noise, opens, opera, pains, and pairs. For points, the strongest plays are napes, neaps, nipas, nopal, opals, opens, opera, opine, opsin, orpin, paeon, pails, pains, pairs, paise, paleo, paler, pales, palis, panel, panes, panne, paren, pareo, pares, paris, parle, parol, parse, paseo, peals, peans, pearl, pears, peins, pelon, penal, penis, penna, penni, peons, peril, peris, piano, pians, piers, pilar, pilea, piles, pinas, pines, pinna, pinon, pions, pirns, plain, plane, plans, pleas, plena, pleon, plier, plies, poise, polar, poler, poles, polis, pones, pores, porin, porns, poser, praos, prase, presa, pries, prion, prise, proas, prole, prone, prose, psoae, psoai, rapes, reaps, repin, repos, ripen, ripes, apers, apres, apron, arpen, aspen, asper, inspo, lapin, lapis, lapse, larps, leaps, lipas, lipos, loper, lopes, ropes, salep, sapor, sepal, sepia, slipe, slope, sneap, snipe, spail, spale, spare, spean, spear, speil, speir, spiel, spier, spile, spine, spire, spoil, and spore — 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 nonpareils produces 231 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, also, apes, lane, laps, lean, and leap. For points, the strongest plays are alps, aper, apes, apos, apse, laps, larp, leap, lipa, lipe, lipo, lips, lisp, lope, lops, nape, naps, neap, nipa, nips, nope, opal, opas, open, opes, pail, pain, pair, pale, pali, pals, pane, pans, pare, pars, pase, peal, pean, pear, peas, pein, pens, peon, peri, peso, pial, pian, pias, pier, pies, pile, pina, pine, pins, pion, pirn, piso, plan, plea, plie, pois, pole, pols, pone, pons, pore, porn, pose, prao, proa, pros, rape, raps, rasp, reap, repo, reps, ripe, rips, rope, salp, sipe, slap, slip, slop, snap, snip, soap, spae, span, spar, spin, and epos — 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 nonpareils turns up 102 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, ape, are, ear, era, lap, and lie. For points, the strongest plays are alp, ape, apo, asp, lap, lip, lop, nap, nip, opa, ope, ops, pal, pan, par, pas, pea, pen, per, pes, pia, pie, pin, pis, poi, pol, pos, pro, psi, rap, rep, rip, sap, sip, sop, and spa — 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 31 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nonpareils. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, in, is, no, on, and or. For points, the strongest plays are op, pa, pe, pi, and po — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in nonpareils plus one additional letter.
nonpareils 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.
Dictionaries record four senses for nonpareils. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
nonpareils is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing nonpareils unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is nonpareils, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from nonpareils 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 nonpareils produce 853 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 16 eight-letter words, 55 seven-letter words, 156 six-letter words, 259 five-letter words, 231 four-letter words, 102 three-letter words and 31 two-letter words.