shuttering needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 14 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 573 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
shuttering is the highest-scoring word from shuttering, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 573 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in shuttering — and it is shuttering itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling shuttering turns up 3 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hungriest. For points, the strongest plays are hungriest, theurgist, and thrusting — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 10 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in shuttering. If a familiar word is all you need, start with shutting, strength, and trusting. For points, 5 words tie at 12 points, including shutting, strength and rightest.
Rearranging the letters in shuttering produces 56 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gutters, hunters and hurting. For points, 15 words tie at 11 points, including hurting, rushing and tighter.
Unscrambling shuttering turns up 97 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with genius, gutter and hugest. For points, 17 words tie at 10 points, including hugest, nights and rights.
There are 145 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in shuttering. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eight, guest and hints. For points, 18 words tie at 9 points, including eight, huger and night.
Rearranging the letters in shuttering produces 157 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gets, guns and guts. For points, 10 words tie at 8 points, including huge, hugs and hung.
Unscrambling shuttering turns up 82 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with get, gun and gut. For points, the strongest plays are ghi, hug, and ugh — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 22 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in shuttering. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eh, he and hi. For points, 5 words tie at 5 points, including eh, he and hi.
shuttering 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.
shuttering is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing shuttering unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is shuttering, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from shuttering 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 shuttering produce 573 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 3 nine-letter words, 10 eight-letter words, 56 seven-letter words, 97 six-letter words, 145 five-letter words, 157 four-letter words, 82 three-letter words and 22 two-letter words.