receiving needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 15 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 107 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
receiving is the highest-scoring word from receiving, worth 15 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 107 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in receiving — and it is receiving itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in receiving produces 8 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is cervine, 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 receiving turns up 14 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with virgin. For points, the strongest play is vicing — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 26 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in receiving. If a familiar word is all you need, start with genii, given, green, nerve, never, nicer, and niece. For points, the strongest plays are civie and vinic — each 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 receiving produces 25 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with even, ever, gene, give, nice, rice, and ring. 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 receiving turns up 27 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eve, gee, ice, and rig. For points, the strongest plays are veg and vig — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 6 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in receiving. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in. For points, the strongest play is gi — worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 ten-letter word can be made using all the letters in receiving plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in receiving 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.
receiving 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.
receiving is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing receiving unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is receiving, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and no other word from receiving 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 receiving produce 107 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 8 seven-letter words, 14 six-letter words, 26 five-letter words, 25 four-letter words, 27 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.