work needs no unscrambling at all — the four-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 11 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 8 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
work is the highest-scoring word from work, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 8 of 8 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one four-letter word uses the letters in work — and it is work itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling work turns up 3 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with row. 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 4 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in work. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ok, or, and ow. 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 work 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.
work 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 work carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record thirty-four senses for work. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 11 points on a Scrabble board:
work is the only four-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing work unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is work, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from work 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 work produce 8 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 four-letter word, 3 three-letter words and 4 two-letter words.