Hidden inside programers sit programers and reprograms, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 15 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 408 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
programers and reprograms tie for the highest Scrabble score from programers at 15 points. The top 10 of 408 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in programers: one comes from rearranging its letters, and programers 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 programers and reprograms, 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 programers turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are programer and reprogram, each worth 14 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 programers. Here the everyday answer and the top-scoring play are one and the same: programs, 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 programers produces 11 valid seven-letter words. Here the everyday answer and the top-scoring play are one and the same: program, 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 programers turns up 46 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with errors, grapes, operas, orgasm, and sparer. For points, the strongest play is gramps — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 108 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in programers. If a familiar word is all you need, start with error, games, germs, grape, opera, pages, and poems. For points, the strongest plays are gamps and gramp — 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 programers produces 133 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ages, apes, arms, maps, mops, more, and page. For points, the strongest play is gamp — 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 programers turns up 82 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, ago, ape, are, arm, ear, and ego. 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 22 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in programers. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, as, go, me, or, and so. 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 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in programers plus one additional letter.
programers 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.
programers is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing programers unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are programers and reprograms, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from programers 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 programers produce 408 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 2 nine-letter words, 2 eight-letter words, 11 seven-letter words, 46 six-letter words, 108 five-letter words, 133 four-letter words, 82 three-letter words and 22 two-letter words.