outwaiting 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, 184 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
outwaiting is the highest-scoring word from outwaiting, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 184 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in outwaiting — and it is outwaiting itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in outwaiting produces 11 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with waiting. For points, the strongest plays are outgnaw, waiting, witting, and wotting — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling outwaiting turns up 15 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with towing. For points, the strongest plays are tawing, towing, and witing — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 28 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in outwaiting. If a familiar word is all you need, start with giant, owing, tango, and wagon. For points, 6 words tie at 9 points, including owing, wagon and awing.
Rearranging the letters in outwaiting produces 51 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aunt, auto and gain. For points, the strongest plays are gnaw, gown, twig, and wing — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling outwaiting turns up 57 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ago, ant and got. For points, the strongest plays are wag and wig — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 21 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in outwaiting. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, at and aw. For points, the strongest plays are aw, ow, and wo — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
outwaiting 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.
outwaiting is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing outwaiting unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is outwaiting, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from outwaiting 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 outwaiting produce 184 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 11 seven-letter words, 15 six-letter words, 28 five-letter words, 51 four-letter words, 57 three-letter words and 21 two-letter words.