skitters needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 139 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
skitters is the highest-scoring word from skitters, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 139 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in skitters — and it is skitters itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in skitters produces 3 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with sitters and strikes. For points, the strongest plays are skitter and strikes — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling skitters turns up 19 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with kisser, resist, sister, sitter, skirts, and strike. For points, the strongest plays are kisser, kiters, krises, skiers, skirts, skites, skries, stirks, strike, and trikes — 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 37 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in skitters. If a familiar word is all you need, start with kites, rests, rises, risks, sites, skies, and skirt. For points, the strongest plays are keirs, kiers, kists, kiter, kites, risks, siker, sikes, skier, skies, skirt, skite, skits, stirk, tikes, treks, and trike — 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 skitters produces 43 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with kiss, kite, kits, rest, rise, risk, and sets. For points, the strongest plays are irks, keir, kier, kirs, kiss, kist, kite, kits, kris, risk, sike, skis, skit, tike, trek, and tsks — 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 skitters turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with its, kit, set, sir, sit, ski, and tie. For points, the strongest plays are irk, kir, kis, kit, ski, and tsk — 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 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in skitters. If a familiar word is all you need, start with is and it. For points, the strongest play is ki — worth 6 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 skitters and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
skitters 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 skitters carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record four senses for skitters. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
skitters is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing skitters unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is skitters, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from skitters 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 skitters produce 139 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 3 seven-letter words, 19 six-letter words, 37 five-letter words, 43 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.