Hidden inside occurs sit crocus, occurs, and succor, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 28 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
crocus, occurs, and succor tie for the highest Scrabble score from occurs at 10 points. The top 10 of 28 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 3 six-letter words hiding in occurs: two come from rearranging its letters, and occurs itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with occurs. For points, the strongest plays are crocus, occurs, and succor — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 3 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in occurs. If a familiar word is all you need, start with occur. For points, the strongest plays are crocs and occur — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in occurs produces 8 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ours and sour. For points, the strongest play is croc — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling occurs turns up 10 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with our. For points, the strongest plays are cor, cos, cru, cur, orc, roc, and soc — 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 4 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in occurs. If a familiar word is all you need, start with or, so, and us. For points, the strongest plays are or, os, so, and us — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in occurs and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
occurs 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 three senses for occurs. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
occurs is one of three six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing occurs unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are crocus, occurs, and succor, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from occurs 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 occurs produce 28 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 3 six-letter words, 3 five-letter words, 8 four-letter words, 10 three-letter words and 4 two-letter words.