Hidden inside reclusions sit inclosures and reclusions, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 12 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 654 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
inclosures and reclusions tie for the highest Scrabble score from reclusions at 12 points. The top 10 of 654 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in reclusions: one comes from rearranging its letters, and reclusions itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are inclosures and reclusions, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling reclusions turns up 8 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are coinsures, curliness, inclosers and 5 more, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 20 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in reclusions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with closures. For points, 15 words tie at 10 points, including closures, clonuses and coinsure.
Rearranging the letters in reclusions produces 60 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with closure, courses and cousins. For points, 41 words tie at 9 points, including closure, courses and cousins.
Unscrambling reclusions turns up 142 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with clones, closer and closes. For points, 81 words tie at 8 points, including clones, closer and closes.
There are 176 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in reclusions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with clone, close and clues. For points, 75 words tie at 7 points, including clone, close and clues.
Rearranging the letters in reclusions produces 152 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with less, lice and lies. For points, 50 words tie at 6 points, including lice, nice and once.
Unscrambling reclusions turns up 73 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with con, cue and ice. For points, 19 words tie at 5 points, including con, cue and ice.
There are 21 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in reclusions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in, is and no. For points, 21 words tie at 2 points, including in, is and no.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in reclusions plus one additional letter.
reclusions 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.
reclusions is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing reclusions unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are inclosures and reclusions, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from reclusions 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 reclusions produce 654 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 8 nine-letter words, 20 eight-letter words, 60 seven-letter words, 142 six-letter words, 176 five-letter words, 152 four-letter words, 73 three-letter words and 21 two-letter words.