Hidden inside ragousa is one standout: saguaro, a seven-letter play worth 8 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 69 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
RAGOUSA isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to SAGUARO (noun), a tall cactus, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
saguaro is the highest-scoring word from ragousa, worth 8 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 69 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling ragousa produces exactly one seven-letter word: saguaro. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ragousa. If a familiar word is all you need, start with sugar. For points, 9 words tie at 6 points, including sugar, agars and agora.
Rearranging the letters in ragousa produces 24 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ours, rags, rugs, and sour. For points, 14 words tie at 5 points, including rags, rugs and agar.
Unscrambling ragousa turns up 22 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ago, gas and our. For points, 12 words tie at 4 points, including ago, gas and rag.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ragousa. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, go and or. For points, the strongest plays are ag and go — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
2 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in ragousa plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in ragousa and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is saguaro, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ragousa 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 ragousa produce 69 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 2 six-letter words, 11 five-letter words, 24 four-letter words, 22 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.