smartening needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 948 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
smartening is the highest-scoring word from smartening, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 948 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in smartening — and it is smartening itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling smartening turns up 7 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with mastering. For points, 5 words tie at 12 points, including mastering, emigrants and germinant.
There are 41 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in smartening. If a familiar word is all you need, start with angriest, meanings, and steaming. For points, 17 words tie at 11 points, including meanings, steaming and emigrant.
Rearranging the letters in smartening produces 127 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with earning, erasing and insaner. For points, 32 words tie at 10 points, including magnets, meaning and armings.
Unscrambling smartening turns up 189 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with agents, angers and armies. For points, 27 words tie at 9 points, including images, magnet and naming.
There are 228 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in smartening. If a familiar word is all you need, start with agent, anger and earns. For points, 14 words tie at 8 points, including games, germs and image.
Rearranging the letters in smartening produces 217 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ages, aims and airs. For points, 13 words tie at 7 points, including game, germ and mage.
Unscrambling smartening turns up 111 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, aim and air. For points, 5 words tie at 6 points, including gam, gem and mag.
There are 27 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in smartening. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an and as. For points, 5 words tie at 4 points, including am, me and em.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in smartening plus one additional letter.
smartening 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.
smartening is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing smartening unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is smartening, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from smartening 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 smartening produce 948 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 7 nine-letter words, 41 eight-letter words, 127 seven-letter words, 189 six-letter words, 228 five-letter words, 217 four-letter words, 111 three-letter words and 27 two-letter words.