praying needs no unscrambling at all — the seven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 100 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
praying is the highest-scoring word from praying, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 100 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in praying — and it is praying itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling praying turns up 6 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with paying. For points, the strongest plays are paying and prying — 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 10 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in praying. If a familiar word is all you need, start with angry. For points, the strongest plays are grapy and gripy — each 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 praying produces 34 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gain, gray, grip, pain, pair, pray, and rain. For points, the strongest play is gapy — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling praying turns up 38 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, any, gap, gay, nag, nap, and pan. For points, the strongest play is gyp — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in praying. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, ay, and in. For points, the strongest plays are ay and ya — 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 praying and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
praying 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.
praying is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing praying unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is praying, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from praying 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 praying produce 100 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 6 six-letter words, 10 five-letter words, 34 four-letter words, 38 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.