shown needs no unscrambling at all — the five-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 11 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 35 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
shown is the highest-scoring word from shown, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 35 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one five-letter word uses the letters in shown — and it is shown itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in shown produces 9 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with owns, show, and snow. For points, the strongest plays are hows and show — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling shown turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with how, now, own, son, who, and won. For points, the strongest plays are how and who — 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 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in shown. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ho, no, oh, on, ow, sh, and so. For points, the strongest plays are ho, oh, ow, sh, and wo — each worth 5 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 shown and you get a different five-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 4 of the 5 letters, not all of them.
shown 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in shown carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
shown is the only five-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing shown unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is shown, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from shown 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 shown produce 35 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 five-letter word, 9 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.