Hidden inside their sit ither and their, five-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 27 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ither and their tie for the highest Scrabble score from their at 8 points. The top 10 of 27 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 five-letter words hiding in their: one comes from rearranging its letters, and their itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with their. For points, the strongest plays are ither and their — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in their produces 6 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hire and tire. For points, the strongest plays are heir, hire, and thir — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling their turns up 10 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with her, hit, the, and tie. For points, the strongest plays are eth, her, het, hie, hit, and the — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in their. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eh, he, hi, and it. For points, the strongest plays are eh, he, and hi — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in their and you get a different five-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 4 of the 5 letters, not all of them.
their 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 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
their is one of two five-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing their unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are ither and their, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from their 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 their produce 27 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 five-letter words, 6 four-letter words, 10 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.