Hidden inside otterly is one standout: lottery, a seven-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 70 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
OTTERLY isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to LOTTERY (noun), a type of gambling game, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
lottery is the highest-scoring word from otterly, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 70 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling otterly produces exactly one seven-letter word: lottery. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling otterly turns up 4 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are rotely, tetryl, and trotyl, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in otterly. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is toyer, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in otterly produces 25 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with rely, role, and tore. For points, 13 words tie at 7 points, including rely, lory and lyre.
Unscrambling otterly turns up 22 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with let, lot and toe. For points, 8 words tie at 6 points, including toy, try and yet.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in otterly. If a familiar word is all you need, start with or, oy, to, and yo. For points, the strongest plays are oy, ye, and yo — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
2 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in otterly plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in otterly and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is lottery, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from otterly 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 otterly produce 70 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 4 six-letter words, 6 five-letter words, 25 four-letter words, 22 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.