Hidden inside stepdames sit stampedes and stepdames, nine-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 14 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 306 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
stampedes and stepdames tie for the highest Scrabble score from stepdames at 14 points. The top 10 of 306 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 nine-letter words hiding in stepdames: one comes from rearranging its letters, and stepdames itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are stampedes and stepdames, each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 3 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in stepdames. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are stampede and stepdame, each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in stepdames produces 9 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with steamed. For points, the strongest plays are dampest, spasmed, and stamped — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling stepdames turns up 39 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with messed, passed, seated, speeds, stamps, steams, and teased. For points, the strongest plays are tamped and temped — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 84 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in stepdames. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dates, eased, eases, mates, meats, meets, and pasts. For points, the strongest plays are amped and damps — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in stepdames produces 97 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with apes, date, deep, ease, east, eats, and made. For points, the strongest play is damp — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling stepdames turns up 55 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ads, ape, ass, ate, eat, mad, and map. For points, the strongest plays are amp, map, and pam — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 17 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in stepdames. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, am, as, at, and me. For points, the strongest plays are am, em, ma, me, pa, and pe — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
2 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in stepdames plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in stepdames 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.
stepdames 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.
stepdames is one of two nine-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing stepdames unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are stampedes and stepdames, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from stepdames 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 stepdames produce 306 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 nine-letter words, 3 eight-letter words, 9 seven-letter words, 39 six-letter words, 84 five-letter words, 97 four-letter words, 55 three-letter words and 17 two-letter words.