thirteenth needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 16 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 121 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
thirteenth is the highest-scoring word from thirteenth, worth 16 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 121 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in thirteenth — and it is thirteenth itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling thirteenth produces exactly one eight-letter word: thirteen. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in thirteenth produces 5 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with neither. For points, the strongest play is thither — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling thirteenth turns up 21 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with either and entire. For points, the strongest play is hither — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 26 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in thirteenth. If a familiar word is all you need, start with enter, teeth and tenth. For points, 11 words tie at 8 points, including teeth, tenth and their.
Rearranging the letters in thirteenth produces 29 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with here, hint and hire. For points, the strongest play is heth — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling thirteenth turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with heh, hen and her. For points, the strongest play is heh — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in thirteenth. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eh, he and hi. For points, the strongest plays are eh, he, and hi — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in thirteenth plus one additional letter.
thirteenth 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.
Dictionaries record two senses for thirteenth. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 16 points on a Scrabble board:
thirteenth is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing thirteenth unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is thirteenth, worth 16 points in Scrabble, and no other word from thirteenth 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 thirteenth produce 121 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 eight-letter word, 5 seven-letter words, 21 six-letter words, 26 five-letter words, 29 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.