opaquely needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 22 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 79 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
opaquely is the highest-scoring word from opaquely, worth 22 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 79 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in opaquely — and it is opaquely itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 22 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in opaquely. If a familiar word is all you need, start with equal. For points, the strongest plays are equal and quale — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in opaquely produces 21 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with leap, play, and pole. For points, the strongest plays are quay and quey — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling opaquely turns up 31 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ape, aye and lap. For points, the strongest play is qua — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in opaquely. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ay, oy, up, and yo. For points, 5 words tie at 5 points, including ay, oy and yo.
opaquely 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 opaquely. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 22 points on a Scrabble board:
opaquely is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing opaquely unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is opaquely, worth 22 points in Scrabble, and no other word from opaquely 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 opaquely produce 79 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 2 six-letter words, 8 five-letter words, 21 four-letter words, 31 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.