pufferies needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 169 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
pufferies is the highest-scoring word from pufferies, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 169 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in pufferies — and it is pufferies itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in pufferies produces 3 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with puffier. For points, the strongest plays are puffers and puffier — 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 pufferies turns up 13 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with refuse and suffer. For points, the strongest play is puffer — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 44 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in pufferies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fires, fries, purse, and super. For points, the strongest plays are puffs and spiff — 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 pufferies produces 54 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fees, fire, free, furs, pees, pies, and pure. For points, the strongest play is puff — 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 pufferies turns up 42 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fee, fur, pee, per, pie, rep, and rip. For points, the strongest plays are eff and iff — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in pufferies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with if, is, up, and us. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and if — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in pufferies 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.
pufferies 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
pufferies is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing pufferies unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is pufferies, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from pufferies 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 pufferies produce 169 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 3 seven-letter words, 13 six-letter words, 44 five-letter words, 54 four-letter words, 42 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.