observation needs no unscrambling at all — the eleven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 16 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 1109 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
observation is the highest-scoring word from observation, worth 16 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 1109 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eleven-letter word uses the letters in observation — and it is observation itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling observation turns up 9 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with abortions. For points, the strongest plays are bevatrons, observant, obversion, and obviators — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 41 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in observation. If a familiar word is all you need, start with abortion and investor. For points, 7 words tie at 13 points, including abortive, bevatron and obviates.
Rearranging the letters in observation produces 101 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with booties, bravest and naivest. For points, 9 words tie at 12 points, including bravest, bovines and bravoes.
Unscrambling observation turns up 195 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aborts, barest and boners. For points, 7 words tie at 11 points, including aboves, bevors and bovine.
There are 306 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in observation. If a familiar word is all you need, start with abort, above and baits. For points, 7 words tie at 10 points, including above, brave and bravo.
Rearranging the letters in observation produces 285 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, ants and arts. For points, the strongest plays are verb and vibe — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling observation turns up 138 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, ant and are. For points, 17 words tie at 6 points, including van, vet and ave.
There are 33 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in observation. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as and at. For points, 5 words tie at 4 points, including be, ab and ba.
1 twelve-letter word can be made using all the letters in observation plus one additional letter.
observation 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record five senses for observation. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 16 points on a Scrabble board:
observation is the only eleven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing observation unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is observation, worth 16 points in Scrabble, and no other word from observation 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 observation produce 1109 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eleven-letter word, 9 nine-letter words, 41 eight-letter words, 101 seven-letter words, 195 six-letter words, 306 five-letter words, 285 four-letter words, 138 three-letter words and 33 two-letter words.