postulates needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 616 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
postulates is the highest-scoring word from postulates, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 616 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in postulates — and it is postulates itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling postulates produces exactly one nine-letter word: postulate. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 15 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in postulates. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are apostles, espousal, outleaps and 10 more, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in postulates produces 38 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with outlets, statues, and topless. For points, 21 words tie at 9 points, including topless, apostle and outleap.
Unscrambling postulates turns up 99 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with latest, lattes and louses. For points, 57 words tie at 8 points, including pauses, plates and setups.
There are 178 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in postulates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with sales, salts and seals. For points, 88 words tie at 7 points, including setup, slaps and slept.
Rearranging the letters in postulates produces 176 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with also, apes and auto. For points, 75 words tie at 6 points, including apes, laps and leap.
Unscrambling postulates turns up 86 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ape, ass and ate. For points, 33 words tie at 5 points, including ape, lap and pal.
There are 22 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in postulates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at and so. For points, 5 words tie at 4 points, including up, op and pa.
postulates 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 four senses for postulates. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
postulates is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing postulates unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is postulates, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from postulates 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 postulates produce 616 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 15 eight-letter words, 38 seven-letter words, 99 six-letter words, 178 five-letter words, 176 four-letter words, 86 three-letter words and 22 two-letter words.