nonunions needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 9 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 50 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
nonunions is the highest-scoring word from nonunions, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 50 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in nonunions — and it is nonunions itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling nonunions produces exactly one eight-letter word: nonunion. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nonunions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with noons, onion, and union. For points, 6 words tie at 5 points, including noons, onion and union.
Rearranging the letters in nonunions produces 12 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with noon, nuns, and soon. For points, 12 words tie at 4 points, including noon, nuns and soon.
Unscrambling nonunions turns up 15 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nun, sin, son, and sun. For points, 15 words tie at 3 points, including nun, sin and son.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nonunions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in, is and no. For points, 11 words tie at 2 points, including in, is and no.
nonunions 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.
Dictionaries record one sense for nonunions. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 9 points on a Scrabble board:
nonunions is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing nonunions unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is nonunions, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from nonunions 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 nonunions produce 50 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 1 eight-letter word, 4 six-letter words, 6 five-letter words, 12 four-letter words, 15 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.