Hidden inside tempus is one standout: septum, a six-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 68 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
TEMPUS isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to SEPTUM (noun), a dividing membrane or partition, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
septum is the highest-scoring word from tempus, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 68 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling tempus produces exactly one six-letter word: septum. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tempus. If a familiar word is all you need, start with setup, temps, and upset. For points, the strongest plays are spume, stump, temps, and tumps — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in tempus produces 23 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with must, pets and puts. For points, the strongest plays are sump, temp, tump, and umps — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling tempus turns up 25 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with met, pet and put. For points, the strongest play is ump — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
9 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in tempus plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in tempus and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is septum, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from tempus 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 tempus produce 68 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 8 five-letter words, 23 four-letter words, 25 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.