Hidden inside trying sit trying and tyring, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 26 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
trying and tyring tie for the highest Scrabble score from trying at 10 points. The top 10 of 26 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in trying: one comes from rearranging its letters, and trying itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with trying. For points, the strongest plays are trying and tyring — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
Unscrambling trying produces exactly one five-letter word: tying. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in trying produces 11 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ring and tiny. For points, the strongest play is gyri — 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 trying turns up 8 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with rig, tin, and try. For points, the strongest plays are try and yin — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 4 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in trying. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in and it. For points, the strongest play is gi — worth 3 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 trying 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.
trying 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 trying. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
trying is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing trying unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are trying and tyring, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from trying 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 trying produce 26 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 1 five-letter word, 11 four-letter words, 8 three-letter words and 4 two-letter words.