preference needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 55 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
preference is the highest-scoring word from preference, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 55 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in preference — and it is preference itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling preference produces exactly one nine-letter word: reference. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in preference produces 4 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is refence, 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 preference turns up 3 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with prefer. For points, the strongest plays are fencer and prefer — 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 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in preference. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fence, freer, and refer. For points, the strongest play is fence — 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 preference produces 14 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with free. For points, the strongest plays are cepe and perc — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling preference turns up 17 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fee, pee, pen, per, and rep. For points, the strongest plays are cep and pec — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 7 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in preference. No common everyday answer stands out among these two-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are ef and fe, each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in preference plus one additional letter.
preference 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 preference. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 17 points on a Scrabble board:
preference is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing preference unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is preference, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from preference 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 preference produce 55 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 4 seven-letter words, 3 six-letter words, 8 five-letter words, 14 four-letter words, 17 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.