Hidden inside sifted sit fisted and sifted, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 75 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
fisted and sifted tie for the highest Scrabble score from sifted at 10 points. The top 10 of 75 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in sifted: one comes from rearranging its letters, and sifted itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are fisted and sifted, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 10 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sifted. If a familiar word is all you need, start with diets and edits. For points, the strongest plays are defis and fetid — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in sifted produces 25 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dies, diet, edit, fist, fits, side, and site. For points, the strongest plays are defi, deft, difs, feds, and fids — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling sifted turns up 25 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, fed, fit, ids, its, set, and sit. For points, the strongest plays are def, dif, fed, and fid — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sifted. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id, if, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and if — 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 sifted 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.
sifted 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 sifted carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
sifted is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing sifted unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are fisted and sifted, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from sifted 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 sifted produce 75 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 10 five-letter words, 25 four-letter words, 25 three-letter words and 13 two-letter words.