Hidden inside previewers sit prereviews and previewers, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 18 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 229 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
prereviews and previewers tie for the highest Scrabble score from previewers at 18 points. The top 10 of 229 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in previewers: one comes from rearranging its letters, and previewers 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 prereviews and previewers, each worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling previewers turns up 5 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are prereview and previewer, each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 9 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in previewers. If a familiar word is all you need, start with preserve. For points, the strongest play is previews — worth 16 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in previewers produces 28 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with reserve, reverse, reviews, severer, and viewers. For points, the strongest play is preview — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling previewers turns up 34 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with review, rivers, severe, and viewer. For points, the strongest plays are review, swerve, viewer, weever, and wivers — 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 60 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in previewers. If a familiar word is all you need, start with river, serve, sewer, sweep, swipe, views, and weeps. For points, the strongest plays are swive, views, wiver, and wives — 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 previewers produces 49 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ever, eves, pees, pies, reps, rips, and rise. For points, the strongest plays are view and wive — each 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 previewers turns up 33 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eve, pee, per, pie, rep, rip, and see. For points, the strongest play is pew — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in previewers. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ew, is, and we. For points, the strongest plays are ew and we — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
previewers 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.
previewers is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing previewers unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are prereviews and previewers, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from previewers 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 previewers produce 229 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 5 nine-letter words, 9 eight-letter words, 28 seven-letter words, 34 six-letter words, 60 five-letter words, 49 four-letter words, 33 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.