originally needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 14 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 257 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
originally is the highest-scoring word from originally, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 257 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in originally — and it is originally itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in originally. If a familiar word is all you need, start with original. For points, the strongest plays are alloying and rallying — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in originally produces 10 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gorilla and rolling. For points, the strongest plays are allying and angrily — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling originally turns up 26 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airing, gallon, laying, and origin. For points, the strongest plays are argyll, gainly, glairy, gnarly, gorily, grainy, laying, logily, longly, orangy, raying, and yogini — 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 67 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in originally. If a familiar word is all you need, start with along, angry, glory, grill, groin, irony, and loyal. For points, the strongest plays are agony, angry, gaily, gally, gilly, girly, glary, glory, golly, gyral, gyron, lingy, lying, rangy, and yogin — 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 originally produces 85 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gain, girl, goal, gray, iron, liar, and lion. For points, the strongest plays are agly, gory, gray, gyno, gyri, gyro, logy, orgy, yagi, yang, yoga, and yogi — 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 originally turns up 45 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ago, air, all, any, gal, gay, and ill. For points, the strongest plays are gay, goy, and yag — 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 20 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in originally. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, ay, go, in, no, on, and or. For points, the strongest plays are ay, oy, ya, and yo — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
originally 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 originally. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 14 points on a Scrabble board:
originally is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing originally unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is originally, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from originally 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 originally produce 257 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 3 eight-letter words, 10 seven-letter words, 26 six-letter words, 67 five-letter words, 85 four-letter words, 45 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.