possessing needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 214 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
possessing is the highest-scoring word from possessing, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 214 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in possessing — and it is possessing itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling possessing produces exactly one eight-letter word: sessions. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in possessing produces 10 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gossips, pigeons and possess. For points, 5 words tie at 10 points, including gossips, pigeons and sponges.
Unscrambling possessing turns up 36 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gossip, noises and pigeon. For points, 10 words tie at 9 points, including gossip, pigeon and posing.
There are 44 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in possessing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with noise, noses and opens. For points, 7 words tie at 8 points, including genip, gipon and oping.
Rearranging the letters in possessing produces 61 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with egos, goes and gone. For points, 5 words tie at 7 points, including pigs, gips and pegs.
Unscrambling possessing turns up 43 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ego, one and pen. For points, the strongest plays are gip, peg, and pig — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 18 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in possessing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with go, in and is. For points, the strongest plays are op, pe, pi, and po — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
possessing 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.
possessing is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing possessing unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is possessing, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from possessing 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 possessing produce 214 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 eight-letter word, 10 seven-letter words, 36 six-letter words, 44 five-letter words, 61 four-letter words, 43 three-letter words and 18 two-letter words.