Hidden inside positional sit positional and spoliation, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 12 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 465 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
positional and spoliation tie for the highest Scrabble score from positional at 12 points. The top 10 of 465 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in positional: one comes from rearranging its letters, and positional itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are positional and spoliation, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling positional turns up 4 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are nopalitos, optionals, and postilion, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 11 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in positional. If a familiar word is all you need, start with position. For points, the strongest plays are alpinist, antislip, nopalito, optional, pinitols, pintails, platoons, position, and tailspin — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in positional produces 19 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lotions and options. For points, the strongest plays are apostil, options, pianist, pinitol, pintail, plaints, platoon, plosion, poloist, pontils, potions, sinopia, topsail, and topsoil — 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 positional turns up 55 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lotion, option, paints, pianos, pilots, plants, and points. For points, the strongest plays are lapins, lipins, nopals, option, paints, pantos, pastil, patins, patios, patois, pianos, pilots, pinots, pintas, pintos, pistil, pistol, piston, pitons, plains, plaint, plaits, plants, pliant, points, poison, polios, pontil, postal, postin, potion, ptisan, saloop, spinal, spinto, spital, splint, and spoilt — 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 115 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in positional. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lions, loans, nails, pains, paint, pants, and piano. For points, the strongest plays are inapt, inspo, lapin, lapis, lipas, lipin, lipos, loops, nipas, nopal, opals, opsin, pails, pains, paint, palis, panto, pants, patin, patio, piani, piano, pians, pilis, pilot, pinas, pinot, pinta, pinto, pints, pions, pitas, piton, plain, plait, plans, plant, plats, plots, point, polio, polis, polos, pools, poons, posit, psoai, slipt, sloop, snoop, spail, spait, spilt, splat, split, spoil, spool, spoon, stoop, tapis, tipis, topis, topoi, and topos — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in positional produces 155 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with also, ants, laps, last, lion, lips, and list. For points, the strongest plays are alps, apos, atop, laps, lipa, lipo, lips, lisp, loop, lops, naps, nipa, nips, oops, opal, opas, opts, pail, pain, pali, pals, pans, pant, past, pats, pial, pian, pias, pili, pina, pins, pint, pion, piso, pita, pits, plan, plat, plot, pois, polo, pols, pons, pool, poon, poos, post, pots, salp, slap, slip, slop, snap, snip, soap, span, spat, spin, spit, spot, stop, taps, tipi, tips, topi, topo, and tops — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling positional turns up 79 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant, its, lap, lip, lit, lot, and nap. For points, the strongest plays are alp, apo, apt, asp, lap, lip, lop, nap, nip, opa, ops, opt, pal, pan, pas, pat, pia, pin, pis, pit, poi, pol, poo, pos, pot, psi, pst, sap, sip, sop, spa, tap, tip, and top — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 25 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in positional. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, at, in, is, it, and no. For points, the strongest plays are op, pa, pi, and po — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in positional plus one additional letter.
positional 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.
Dictionaries record one sense for positional. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
positional is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing positional unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are positional and spoliation, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from positional 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 positional produce 465 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 4 nine-letter words, 11 eight-letter words, 19 seven-letter words, 55 six-letter words, 115 five-letter words, 155 four-letter words, 79 three-letter words and 25 two-letter words.