sufferance needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 18 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 332 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
sufferance is the highest-scoring word from sufferance, worth 18 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 332 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in sufferance — and it is sufferance itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
There are 2 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sufferance. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is effacers, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in sufferance produces 18 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with surface. For points, the strongest plays are effacer, effaces, and scuffer — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling sufferance turns up 55 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fences, refuse and rescue. For points, the strongest plays are efface and scruff — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 90 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sufferance. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cafes, cares and cause. For points, the strongest plays are caffs, cuffs, and scuff — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in sufferance produces 91 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with anus, cafe and cans. For points, the strongest plays are caff and cuff — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling sufferance turns up 59 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, can and car. For points, the strongest plays are aff and eff — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in sufferance. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, and us. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fa, and fe — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in sufferance plus one additional letter.
sufferance 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 two senses for sufferance. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 18 points on a Scrabble board:
sufferance is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing sufferance unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is sufferance, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and no other word from sufferance 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 sufferance produce 332 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 eight-letter words, 18 seven-letter words, 55 six-letter words, 90 five-letter words, 91 four-letter words, 59 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.