ravelment needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 14 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 288 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ravelment is the highest-scoring word from ravelment, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 288 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in ravelment — and it is ravelment itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 4 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ravelment. If a familiar word is all you need, start with relevant. For points, the strongest play is averment — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in ravelment produces 9 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eternal and veteran. For points, the strongest plays are varment and velamen — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling ravelment turns up 39 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with meaner, mental and neater. For points, the strongest play is marvel — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 72 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ravelment. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alert, alter and eaten. For points, the strongest play is maven — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in ravelment produces 84 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with amen, earn and even. For points, 18 words tie at 7 points, including even, ever and veal.
Unscrambling ravelment turns up 60 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant, are and arm. For points, 12 words tie at 6 points, including eve, van and vet.
There are 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ravelment. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an, at, and me. For points, the strongest plays are am, em, ma, and me — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
3 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in ravelment plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in ravelment 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.
ravelment 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.
ravelment is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing ravelment unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is ravelment, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ravelment 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 ravelment produce 288 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 4 eight-letter words, 9 seven-letter words, 39 six-letter words, 72 five-letter words, 84 four-letter words, 60 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.