unapproved needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 18 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 333 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
unapproved is the highest-scoring word from unapproved, worth 18 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 333 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in unapproved — and it is unapproved itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in unapproved. Here the everyday answer and the top-scoring play are one and the same: approved, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in unapproved produces 15 valid seven-letter words. Here the everyday answer and the top-scoring play are one and the same: approve, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling unapproved turns up 29 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with around, pardon and poured. For points, the strongest plays are proved and updove — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 74 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in unapproved. If a familiar word is all you need, start with adore, drove and nuder. For points, the strongest plays are paved and vaped — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in unapproved produces 107 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with near, nerd and nope. For points, the strongest plays are pave, perv, and vape — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling unapproved turns up 79 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with and, ape and are. For points, 6 words tie at 7 points, including pop, app and dev.
There are 25 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in unapproved. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, an and do. For points, 5 words tie at 4 points, including up, op and pa.
unapproved 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 5-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
unapproved is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing unapproved unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is unapproved, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and no other word from unapproved 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 unapproved produce 333 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 3 eight-letter words, 15 seven-letter words, 29 six-letter words, 74 five-letter words, 107 four-letter words, 79 three-letter words and 25 two-letter words.