programmes needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 421 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
programmes is the highest-scoring word from programmes, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 421 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in programmes — and it is programmes itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling programmes produces exactly one nine-letter word: programme. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling programmes produces exactly one eight-letter word: programs. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in programmes produces 12 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with program. For points, the strongest play is spammer — 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 programmes turns up 48 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with grapes, operas, orgasm, and sparer. For points, the strongest plays are gammer, gramme, gramps, and smegma — 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 111 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in programmes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with games, germs, grape, memos, opera, pages, and poems. For points, the strongest plays are gamps, gemma, 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 programmes produces 139 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ages, apes, arms, maps, memo, moms, and mops. 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 programmes turns up 85 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, mam, map, mem, mom, 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 23 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in programmes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, as, go, me, or, and so. For points, the strongest play is mm — worth 6 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 programmes plus one additional letter.
programmes 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.
Dictionaries record nine senses for programmes. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 17 points on a Scrabble board:
programmes is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing programmes unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is programmes, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from programmes 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 programmes produce 421 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, 12 seven-letter words, 48 six-letter words, 111 five-letter words, 139 four-letter words, 85 three-letter words and 23 two-letter words.