solaces needs no unscrambling at all — the seven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 9 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 111 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
solaces is the highest-scoring word from solaces, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 111 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in solaces — and it is solaces itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling solaces turns up 4 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with closes and scales. For points, the strongest plays are closes, scales, socles, and solace — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 25 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in solaces. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cases, class, close, colas, loses, sales, and scale. For points, the strongest plays are alecs, calos, cases, class, close, coals, colas, coles, coses, laces, scale, socas, soces, and socle — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in solaces produces 43 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with also, case, cola, less, lose, loss, and sale. For points, the strongest plays are aces, alec, calo, cals, case, cels, cess, coal, cola, cole, cols, coss, ecos, lace, lacs, loca, locs, ocas, sacs, secs, and soca — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling solaces turns up 28 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ass and sea. For points, the strongest plays are ace, cal, cel, col, cos, eco, lac, loc, oca, sac, sec, and soc — each worth 5 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 solaces. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as and so. For points, the strongest plays are ae, al, as, el, es, la, lo, oe, os, and so — each worth 2 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 solaces and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
solaces 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record four senses for solaces. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 9 points on a Scrabble board:
solaces is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing solaces unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is solaces, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from solaces 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 solaces produce 111 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 4 six-letter words, 25 five-letter words, 43 four-letter words, 28 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.