seventieth needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 16 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 195 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
seventieth is the highest-scoring word from seventieth, worth 16 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 195 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in seventieth — and it is seventieth itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling seventieth produces exactly one eight-letter word: teeniest. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in seventieth produces 9 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with evenest, seventh, and thieves. For points, the strongest plays are seventh and thieves — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling seventieth turns up 23 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with events, invest, and tenths. For points, the strongest plays are sheeve and thieve — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 46 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in seventieth. If a familiar word is all you need, start with event, hints and seven. For points, the strongest plays are hives and shive — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in seventieth produces 62 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with even, eves and hens. For points, the strongest plays are hive and shiv — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling seventieth turns up 39 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eve, hen and his. For points, 18 words tie at 6 points, including eve, hen and his.
There are 14 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in seventieth. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eh, he and hi. For points, the strongest plays are eh, he, hi, and sh — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in seventieth plus one additional letter.
seventieth 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 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record two senses for seventieth. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 16 points on a Scrabble board:
seventieth is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing seventieth unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is seventieth, worth 16 points in Scrabble, and no other word from seventieth 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 seventieth produce 195 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 eight-letter word, 9 seven-letter words, 23 six-letter words, 46 five-letter words, 62 four-letter words, 39 three-letter words and 14 two-letter words.