Hidden inside previously sit previously and viperously, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 18 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 513 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
previously and viperously tie for the highest Scrabble score from previously at 18 points. The top 10 of 513 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in previously: one comes from rearranging its letters, and previously 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 previously and viperously, 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.
There are 10 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in previously. If a familiar word is all you need, start with previous. For points, the strongest plays are overplus, overslip, pervious, pleurisy, pluviose, previous, slipover, and viperous — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in previously produces 28 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lousier and spoiler. For points, the strongest plays are overply and purveys — each 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 previously turns up 72 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with livers, lovers, olives, proves, silver, and surely. For points, the strongest play is purvey — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 151 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in previously. If a familiar word is all you need, start with liver, lives, loser, louse, lousy, lover, and loves. For points, the strongest plays are pervy and privy — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in previously produces 151 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lies, lips, live, lose, love, lure, and oils. For points, the strongest plays are levy and very — 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 previously turns up 77 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lie, lip, oil, our, per, pie, and pro. For points, the strongest play is ivy — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 22 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in previously. If a familiar word is all you need, start with is, or, oy, so, up, us, and yo. For points, the strongest plays are oy, ye, and yo — 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 previously plus one additional letter.
previously 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 one sense for previously. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 18 points on a Scrabble board:
previously is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing previously unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are previously and viperously, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from previously 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 previously produce 513 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 10 eight-letter words, 28 seven-letter words, 72 six-letter words, 151 five-letter words, 151 four-letter words, 77 three-letter words and 22 two-letter words.