outwishing needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 334 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
outwishing is the highest-scoring word from outwishing, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 334 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in outwishing — and it is outwishing itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
There are 7 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in outwishing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with shouting. For points, the strongest plays are whisting and whitings — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in outwishing produces 27 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hosting, shotgun and showing. For points, the strongest plays are showing, whiting, wishing, and withing — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling outwishing turns up 28 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nights, sought and things. For points, the strongest play is wights — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 61 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in outwishing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ghost, hints and hunts. For points, the strongest plays are whigs and wight — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in outwishing produces 116 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gosh, guns and guts. For points, the strongest play is whig — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling outwishing turns up 70 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with got, gun and gut. For points, the strongest plays are how and who — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 24 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in outwishing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with go, hi and ho. For points, 7 words tie at 5 points, including hi, ho and oh.
outwishing 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.
outwishing is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing outwishing unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is outwishing, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from outwishing 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 outwishing produce 334 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 7 eight-letter words, 27 seven-letter words, 28 six-letter words, 61 five-letter words, 116 four-letter words, 70 three-letter words and 24 two-letter words.