Hidden inside rectifying sit certifying and rectifying, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 19 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 215 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
certifying and rectifying tie for the highest Scrabble score from rectifying at 19 points. The top 10 of 215 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in rectifying: one comes from rearranging its letters, and rectifying 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 certifying and rectifying, each worth 19 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in rectifying. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are gentrify and reifying, each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in rectifying produces 15 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are certify and rectify, each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling rectifying turns up 35 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with crying, finger and firing. For points, the strongest play is citify — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 39 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in rectifying. If a familiar word is all you need, start with entry, finer and genii. For points, 5 words tie at 11 points, including ferny, fiery and nifty.
Rearranging the letters in rectifying produces 57 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cent, city and fine. For points, the strongest play is fyce — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling rectifying turns up 50 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cry, fit and fry. For points, the strongest plays are fey and fry — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 14 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in rectifying. If a familiar word is all you need, start with if, in, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, if, and ye — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
rectifying 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.
rectifying is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing rectifying unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are certifying and rectifying, worth 19 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from rectifying 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 rectifying produce 215 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 3 eight-letter words, 15 seven-letter words, 35 six-letter words, 39 five-letter words, 57 four-letter words, 50 three-letter words and 14 two-letter words.