receives needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 85 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
receives is the highest-scoring word from receives, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 85 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in receives — and it is receives itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in receives produces 4 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with receive and service. For points, the strongest plays are receive, scrieve, and service — each 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 receives turns up 7 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with severe. For points, the strongest play is scrive — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 20 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in receives. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cries, rices, and serve. For points, the strongest play is vices — 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 receives produces 25 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ever, eves, ices, rice, rise, and vice. For points, the strongest play is vice — 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 receives turns up 23 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eve, ice, see, and sir. For points, the strongest plays are eve, rev, sev, vee, vie, and vis — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 5 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in receives. If a familiar word is all you need, start with is. For points, the strongest plays are er, es, is, re, and si — each worth 2 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 receives and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
receives 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.
Dictionaries record thirteen senses for receives. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 13 points on a Scrabble board:
receives is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing receives unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is receives, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from receives 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 receives produce 85 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 4 seven-letter words, 7 six-letter words, 20 five-letter words, 25 four-letter words, 23 three-letter words and 5 two-letter words.