Hidden inside algorithms sit algorithms and logarithms, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 16 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 744 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
algorithms and logarithms tie for the highest Scrabble score from algorithms at 16 points. The top 10 of 744 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in algorithms: one comes from rearranging its letters, and algorithms itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are algorithms and logarithms, 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 algorithms 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 algorithm, histogram, and logarithm, each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 5 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in algorithms. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is oghamist, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in algorithms produces 32 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alright. For points, the strongest plays are mohairs, rimshot, thairms, and thirams — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling algorithms turns up 91 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with almost, lights, orgasm, rights, sailor, slight, and trails. For points, the strongest plays are mights and oghams — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 206 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in algorithms. If a familiar word is all you need, start with altho, atoms, ghost, girls, goals, goats, and hails. For points, the strongest plays are might and ogham — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in algorithms produces 252 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aims, airs, also, argh, arms, arts, and atom. For points, the strongest plays are mash, math, mhos, mosh, moth, ohms, sham, shim, shmo, halm, hams, harm, hims, holm, homa, and homs — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling algorithms turns up 119 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ago, aim, air, arm, art, ash, and gal. For points, the strongest plays are ham, him, hom, mho, and ohm — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 33 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in algorithms. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, am, as, at, go, ha, and hi. For points, the strongest play is hm — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
algorithms 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.
Dictionaries record one sense for algorithms. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 16 points on a Scrabble board:
algorithms is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing algorithms unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are algorithms and logarithms, worth 16 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from algorithms 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 algorithms produce 744 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 4 nine-letter words, 5 eight-letter words, 32 seven-letter words, 91 six-letter words, 206 five-letter words, 252 four-letter words, 119 three-letter words and 33 two-letter words.