Hidden inside receded sit decreed and receded, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 11 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 31 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
decreed and receded tie for the highest Scrabble score from receded at 11 points. The top 10 of 31 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 seven-letter words hiding in receded: one comes from rearranging its letters, and receded itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are decreed and receded, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling receded turns up 3 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are decree and recede, 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 6 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in receded. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is ceded, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in receded produces 10 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deed and deer. For points, the strongest plays are cede and cred — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling receded turns up 6 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with red. For points, the strongest plays are cee and rec — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 4 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in receded. No common everyday answer stands out among these two-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are de and ed, each worth 3 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 receded 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.
receded 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 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
receded is one of two seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing receded unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are decreed and receded, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from receded 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 receded produce 31 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 3 six-letter words, 6 five-letter words, 10 four-letter words, 6 three-letter words and 4 two-letter words.