underlings needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 571 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
underlings is the highest-scoring word from underlings, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 571 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in underlings — and it is underlings itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling underlings turns up 4 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are indulgers, sundering, underling, and undersign, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in underlings. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are duelings, enduring, guilders and 5 more, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in underlings produces 57 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dinners, endings and lending. For points, 29 words tie at 9 points, including endings, lending and sending.
Unscrambling underlings turns up 117 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with design, diners and dinner. For points, 41 words tie at 8 points, including design, during and ending.
There are 141 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in underlings. If a familiar word is all you need, start with delis, diner and dines. For points, 25 words tie at 7 points, including drugs, grind and guide.
Rearranging the letters in underlings produces 148 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with legs, lend and lids. For points, 16 words tie at 6 points, including digs, drug and ding.
Unscrambling underlings turns up 75 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, dig and due. For points, the strongest plays are dig, dug, ged, and gid — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
There are 17 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in underlings. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id, in, is, and us. For points, the strongest plays are de, ed, gi, and id — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in underlings plus one additional letter.
underlings 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.
Dictionaries record one sense for underlings. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
underlings is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing underlings unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is underlings, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from underlings 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 underlings produce 571 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 4 nine-letter words, 11 eight-letter words, 57 seven-letter words, 117 six-letter words, 141 five-letter words, 148 four-letter words, 75 three-letter words and 17 two-letter words.