Hidden inside programed sit deprogram and programed, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 15 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 284 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
deprogram and programed tie for the highest Scrabble score from programed at 15 points. The top 10 of 284 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 nine-letter words hiding in programed: one comes from rearranging its letters, and programed itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are deprogram and programed, each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 2 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in programed. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are dragrope and prograde, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in programed produces 4 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with program. For points, the strongest play is megapod — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling programed turns up 26 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with grader and regard. For points, the strongest plays are damper, pomade, ramped, and romped — 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 59 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in programed. If a familiar word is all you need, start with adore, armed, dream, grade, grape, opera, and order. For points, the strongest plays are amped, gramp, and moped — each 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 programed produces 91 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aged, dare, dear, dorm, drag, drop, and game. For points, the strongest plays are damp and gamp — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling programed turns up 76 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, ago, ape, are, arm, dog, and ear. For points, the strongest plays are amp, map, mop, pam, and pom — 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 24 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in programed. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, am, do, go, me, and or. For points, the strongest plays are am, em, ma, me, mo, om, op, pa, pe, and po — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
2 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in programed plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in programed and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
programed 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.
programed is one of two nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing programed unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are deprogram and programed, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from programed 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 programed produce 284 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 nine-letter words, 2 eight-letter words, 4 seven-letter words, 26 six-letter words, 59 five-letter words, 91 four-letter words, 76 three-letter words and 24 two-letter words.