smallpoxes needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 21 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 328 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
smallpoxes is the highest-scoring word from smallpoxes, worth 21 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 328 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in smallpoxes — and it is smallpoxes itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 21 points in Scrabble.
There are 4 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in smallpoxes. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is smallpox, worth 19 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in smallpoxes produces 5 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with samples. For points, the strongest play is exposal — worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling smallpoxes turns up 26 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with maples, sample, smells, and spells. For points, the strongest play is mpoxes — worth 17 points in Scrabble.
There are 90 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in smallpoxes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with exams, lamps and leaps. For points, 6 words tie at 14 points, including exams, maxes and expos.
Rearranging the letters in smallpoxes produces 114 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with also, apes and lame. For points, the strongest play is mpox — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling smallpoxes turns up 65 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with all, ape and ass. For points, the strongest plays are max, pax, and pox — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 23 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in smallpoxes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, as and ex. For points, the strongest plays are ax, ex, and ox — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
smallpoxes 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 4-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for smallpoxes. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 21 points on a Scrabble board:
smallpoxes is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing smallpoxes unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is smallpoxes, worth 21 points in Scrabble, and no other word from smallpoxes 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 smallpoxes produce 328 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 4 eight-letter words, 5 seven-letter words, 26 six-letter words, 90 five-letter words, 114 four-letter words, 65 three-letter words and 23 two-letter words.