previewing needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 19 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 180 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
previewing is the highest-scoring word from previewing, worth 19 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 180 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in previewing — and it is previewing itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 19 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling previewing produces exactly one nine-letter word: reviewing. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling previewing produces exactly one eight-letter word: viperine. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in previewing produces 14 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with viewing and weeping. For points, the strongest play is preview — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling previewing turns up 26 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with peeing, review and viewer. For points, the strongest play is wiving — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 35 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in previewing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with genii, given and green. For points, the strongest play is wiver — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in previewing produces 49 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with even, ever and gene. For points, the strongest plays are view and wive — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling previewing turns up 43 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eve, gee and new. For points, the strongest plays are pew and pwn — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in previewing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ew, in, and we. For points, the strongest plays are ew and we — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
previewing 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 4-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
previewing is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing previewing unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is previewing, worth 19 points in Scrabble, and no other word from previewing 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 previewing produce 180 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 1 eight-letter word, 14 seven-letter words, 26 six-letter words, 35 five-letter words, 49 four-letter words, 43 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.