outshining 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, 286 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
outshining is the highest-scoring word from outshining, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 286 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in outshining — and it is outshining itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 9 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in outshining. If a familiar word is all you need, start with shouting. For points, 6 words tie at 12 points, including shouting, hoisting and huntings.
Rearranging the letters in outshining produces 31 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hosting, hunting and nothing. For points, 18 words tie at 11 points, including hosting, hunting and nothing.
Unscrambling outshining turns up 31 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nights, ninths and sought. For points, 11 words tie at 10 points, including nights, sought and things.
There are 47 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in outshining. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ghost, hints and hunts. For points, 15 words tie at 9 points, including ghost, night and ought.
Rearranging the letters in outshining produces 88 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gosh, guns and guts. For points, 14 words tie at 8 points, including gosh, hogs and hugs.
Unscrambling outshining turns up 57 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with got, gun and gut. For points, the strongest plays are ghi, hog, hug, and ugh — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 22 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in outshining. If a familiar word is all you need, start with go, hi and ho. For points, 5 words tie at 5 points, including hi, ho and oh.
outshining 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.
outshining is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing outshining unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is outshining, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from outshining 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 outshining produce 286 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 9 eight-letter words, 31 seven-letter words, 31 six-letter words, 47 five-letter words, 88 four-letter words, 57 three-letter words and 22 two-letter words.