southings needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 302 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
southings is the highest-scoring word from southings, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 302 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in southings — and it is southings itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 9 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in southings. If a familiar word is all you need, start with shotguns and shouting. For points, 7 words tie at 12 points, including shotguns, shouting and gunshots.
Rearranging the letters in southings produces 20 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hosting, shotgun, and tossing. For points, 11 words tie at 11 points, including hosting, shotgun and gunshot.
Unscrambling southings turns up 31 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ghosts, nights and shouts. For points, 14 words tie at 10 points, including ghosts, nights and sights.
There are 69 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in southings. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ghost, hints and hosts. For points, 18 words tie at 9 points, including ghost, night and ought.
Rearranging the letters in southings produces 92 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gosh, guns and guts. For points, 14 words tie at 8 points, including gosh, hogs and hugs.
Unscrambling southings turns up 58 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with got, gun and gut. For points, the strongest plays are ghi, hog, hug, and ugh — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 22 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in southings. If a familiar word is all you need, start with go, hi and ho. For points, 5 words tie at 5 points, including hi, ho and oh.
Swap a single tile in southings and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
southings 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.
southings is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing southings unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is southings, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from southings 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 southings produce 302 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 9 eight-letter words, 20 seven-letter words, 31 six-letter words, 69 five-letter words, 92 four-letter words, 58 three-letter words and 22 two-letter words.