Hidden inside second sit codens and second, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 76 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
codens and second tie for the highest Scrabble score from second at 9 points. The top 10 of 76 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in second: one comes from rearranging its letters, and second itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with second. For points, the strongest plays are codens and second — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 11 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in second. If a familiar word is all you need, start with codes and cones. For points, the strongest plays are coden, codes, coeds, coned, decos, and scend — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in second produces 25 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with code, cone, cons, does, done, ends, and nose. For points, the strongest plays are code, cods, coed, deco, and docs — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling second turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with con, end, one, and son. For points, the strongest plays are cod and doc — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in second. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, no, on, and so. For points, the strongest plays are de, do, ed, and od — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in second and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
second 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 fifteen senses for second. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 9 points on a Scrabble board:
second is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing second unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are codens and second, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from second 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 second produce 76 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 11 five-letter words, 25 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.