Hidden inside regressing sit regressing and sniggerers, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 12 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 222 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
regressing and sniggerers tie for the highest Scrabble score from regressing at 12 points. The top 10 of 222 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in regressing: one comes from rearranging its letters, and regressing 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 regressing and sniggerers, 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 regressing turns up 3 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are egressing and sniggerer, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 4 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in regressing. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are sergings and sniggers, 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 regressing produces 25 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with singers. For points, the strongest plays are gingers, greeing, greiges, riggers, serging, and snigger — each 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 regressing turns up 46 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with seeing, series, singer, and sirens. For points, the strongest plays are eggers, eggier, geeing, ginger, greige, and rigger — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 46 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in regressing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with genes, green, rings, risen, rises, sense, and signs. For points, the strongest plays are egger and grigs — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in regressing produces 50 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eggs, gene, gigs, rigs, ring, rise, and seen. For points, the strongest plays are eggs, gigs, grig, and iggs — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling regressing turns up 37 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with egg, gee, gig, rig, see, sin, and sir. For points, the strongest plays are egg, gig, and igg — 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 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in regressing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in and is. 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.
regressing 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
regressing is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing regressing unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are regressing and sniggerers, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from regressing 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 regressing produce 222 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 3 nine-letter words, 4 eight-letter words, 25 seven-letter words, 46 six-letter words, 46 five-letter words, 50 four-letter words, 37 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.