ushering needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 216 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ushering is the highest-scoring word from ushering, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 216 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in ushering — and it is ushering itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in ushering produces 6 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with rushing. For points, 5 words tie at 11 points, including rushing, grushie and gushier.
Unscrambling ushering turns up 26 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with genius and singer. For points, 8 words tie at 10 points, including gusher, hinger and hinges.
There are 46 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ushering. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hires, huger and nurse. For points, 7 words tie at 9 points, including huger, girsh and gursh.
Rearranging the letters in ushering produces 70 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with guns, hens and hers. For points, 9 words tie at 8 points, including huge, hugs and hung.
Unscrambling ushering turns up 50 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gun, hen and her. For points, the strongest plays are ghi, hug, and ugh — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 17 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ushering. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eh, he and hi. For points, 5 words tie at 5 points, including eh, he and hi.
2 nine-letter words can be made using all the letters in ushering plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in ushering 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.
ushering 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
ushering is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing ushering unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is ushering, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ushering 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 ushering produce 216 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 6 seven-letter words, 26 six-letter words, 46 five-letter words, 70 four-letter words, 50 three-letter words and 17 two-letter words.