ogives needs no unscrambling at all — the six-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 10 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 40 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ogives is the highest-scoring word from ogives, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 40 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one six-letter word uses the letters in ogives — and it is ogives itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ogives. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gives. For points, the strongest plays are gives, ogive, and vogie — 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 ogives produces 11 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with egos, give, and goes. For points, the strongest plays are give, vigs, and vogs — each 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 ogives turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ego. For points, the strongest plays are veg, vig, and vog — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ogives. If a familiar word is all you need, start with go, is, and so. For points, the strongest plays are gi and go — each worth 3 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 ogives 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.
ogives 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 2-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 ogives. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
ogives is the only six-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing ogives unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is ogives, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ogives 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 ogives produce 40 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 3 five-letter words, 11 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.