Hidden inside performed sit performed and preformed, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 17 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 157 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
performed and preformed tie for the highest Scrabble score from performed at 17 points. The top 10 of 157 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 nine-letter words hiding in performed: one comes from rearranging its letters, and performed itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with performed. For points, the strongest plays are performed and preformed — each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 2 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in performed. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are deformer and reformed, each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in performed produces 4 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with emperor, freedom, and perform. For points, the strongest plays are perform and preform — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling performed turns up 14 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with formed, former, and prefer. For points, the strongest plays are deform and formed — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 26 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in performed. If a familiar word is all you need, start with freer, order, and refer. For points, the strongest play is fremd — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in performed produces 52 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deep, deer, dorm, drop, feed, form, and free. For points, the strongest plays are feme, form, from, and prof — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling performed turns up 39 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fed, fee, for, mop, pee, per, and pro. For points, the strongest plays are fem and fop — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 18 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in performed. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, me, of, and or. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and of — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in performed and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
performed 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.
performed is one of two nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing performed unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are performed and preformed, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from performed 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 performed produce 157 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 nine-letter words, 2 eight-letter words, 4 seven-letter words, 14 six-letter words, 26 five-letter words, 52 four-letter words, 39 three-letter words and 18 two-letter words.