repression needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 441 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
repression is the highest-scoring word from repression, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 441 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in repression — and it is repression itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling repression turns up 3 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with prisoners. For points, the strongest plays are isoprenes, prerinses, and prisoners — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 18 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in repression. If a familiar word is all you need, start with prisoner and response. For points, 17 words tie at 10 points, including prisoner, response and erepsins.
Rearranging the letters in repression produces 53 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with openers, penises and persons. For points, 34 words tie at 9 points, including openers, penises and persons.
Unscrambling repression turns up 98 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with noises, opener and person. For points, 55 words tie at 8 points, including opener, person and ponies.
There are 108 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in repression. If a familiar word is all you need, start with irons, noise and noses. For points, 64 words tie at 7 points, including opens, penes and penis.
Rearranging the letters in repression produces 89 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nope, nose and ones. For points, 44 words tie at 6 points, including nope, open and pees.
Unscrambling repression turns up 52 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nor, one and pee. For points, 18 words tie at 5 points, including pee, pen and per.
There are 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in repression. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in, is and no. For points, the strongest plays are op, pe, pi, and po — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
3 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in repression plus one additional letter.
repression 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 three senses for repression. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
repression is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing repression unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is repression, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from repression 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 repression produce 441 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 3 nine-letter words, 18 eight-letter words, 53 seven-letter words, 98 six-letter words, 108 five-letter words, 89 four-letter words, 52 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.