koto and took tie for the highest Scrabble score from took at 8 points. The top 6 of 6 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 four-letter words hiding in took: one comes from rearranging its letters, and took itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with took. For points, the strongest plays are koto and took — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling took turns up 2 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with too. For points, the strongest plays are oot and too — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 2 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in took. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ok and to. For points, the strongest play is ok — worth 6 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 took and you get a different four-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 3 of the 4 letters, not all of them.
took 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in took carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
took is one of two four-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing took unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are koto and took, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from took 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 took produce 6 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 four-letter words, 2 three-letter words and 2 two-letter words.