solution needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 8 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 159 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
solution is the highest-scoring word from solution, worth 8 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 159 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in solution — and it is solution itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 31 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in solution. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lions, stool and tools. For points, 31 words tie at 5 points, including lions, stool and tools.
Rearranging the letters in solution produces 62 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with into, lion and list. For points, 62 words tie at 4 points, including into, lion and list.
Unscrambling solution turns up 38 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with its, lit and lot. For points, 38 words tie at 3 points, including its, lit and lot.
There are 17 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in solution. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in, is and it. For points, 17 words tie at 2 points, including in, is and it.
3 nine-letter words can be made using all the letters in solution plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in solution 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.
solution 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record five senses for solution. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 8 points on a Scrabble board:
solution is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing solution unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is solution, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and no other word from solution 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 solution produce 159 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 2 seven-letter words, 8 six-letter words, 31 five-letter words, 62 four-letter words, 38 three-letter words and 17 two-letter words.