Hidden inside topworks sit topworks and worktops, eight-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 17 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 127 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
topworks and worktops tie for the highest Scrabble score from topworks at 17 points. The top 10 of 127 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 eight-letter words hiding in topworks: one comes from rearranging its letters, and topworks itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are topworks and worktops, each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in topworks produces 2 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are topwork and worktop, each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling topworks turns up 3 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with troops. For points, the strongest play is kotows — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 34 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in topworks. If a familiar word is all you need, start with roots, sport, troop, works, and worst. For points, the strongest plays are kotow and works — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in topworks produces 46 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with oops, poor, poos, pork, post, pots, and pros. For points, the strongest plays are woks and work — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling topworks turns up 31 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with poo, pot, pro, row, too, top, and tow. For points, the strongest play is wok — worth 10 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 topworks. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ok, or, ow, so, 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 topworks and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
topworks 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.
topworks is one of two eight-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing topworks unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are topworks and worktops, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from topworks 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 topworks produce 127 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 eight-letter words, 2 seven-letter words, 3 six-letter words, 34 five-letter words, 46 four-letter words, 31 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.