tarnishing needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 14 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 356 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
tarnishing is the highest-scoring word from tarnishing, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 356 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in tarnishing — and it is tarnishing itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling tarnishing turns up 2 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with trainings. For points, the strongest plays are straining and trainings — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tarnishing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with training and trashing. For points, 5 words tie at 12 points, including trashing, airthing and sharting.
Rearranging the letters in tarnishing produces 30 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with raining, raising and ratings. For points, 9 words tie at 11 points, including sharing, shining and garnish.
Unscrambling tarnishing turns up 49 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airing, giants and grants. For points, 13 words tie at 10 points, including hating, hiring and nights.
There are 84 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tarnishing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gains, giant and grant. For points, 16 words tie at 9 points, including hangs, night and right.
Rearranging the letters in tarnishing produces 102 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, ants and argh. For points, 9 words tie at 8 points, including argh, hang and gash.
Unscrambling tarnishing turns up 59 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, ant and art. For points, the strongest plays are ghi and hag — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 18 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tarnishing. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, an and as. For points, the strongest plays are ah, ha, hi, and sh — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
tarnishing 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.
tarnishing is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing tarnishing unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is tarnishing, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from tarnishing 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 tarnishing produce 356 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 11 eight-letter words, 30 seven-letter words, 49 six-letter words, 84 five-letter words, 102 four-letter words, 59 three-letter words and 18 two-letter words.