Hidden inside taketou sit outtake and takeout, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 11 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 57 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
TAKETOU isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to OUTTAKE and TAKEOUT.
outtake and takeout tie for the highest Scrabble score from taketou at 11 points. The top 10 of 57 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in taketou produces 2 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are outtake and takeout, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 2 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in taketou. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is otaku, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in taketou produces 13 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with auto and take. For points, 5 words tie at 8 points, including take, keta and keto.
Unscrambling taketou turns up 28 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ate, eat and out. For points, 10 words tie at 7 points, including auk, kae and kat.
There are 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in taketou. If a familiar word is all you need, start with at, ok, and to. For points, the strongest plays are ka and ok — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
4 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in taketou plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in taketou 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.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are outtake and takeout, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from taketou 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 taketou produce 57 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 2 six-letter words, 2 five-letter words, 13 four-letter words, 28 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.