certificates needs no unscrambling at all — the twelve-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 19 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 660 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
certificates is the highest-scoring word from certificates, worth 19 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 660 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one twelve-letter word uses the letters in certificates — and it is certificates itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 19 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling certificates produces exactly one eleven-letter word: certificate. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in certificates produces 2 valid ten-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are acetifiers and feracities, each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling certificates turns up 13 nine-letter words. Here the everyday answer and the top-scoring play are one and the same: sacrifice, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
There are 25 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in certificates. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is factices, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in certificates produces 68 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with creates, critics and fairest. For points, the strongest play is factice — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling certificates turns up 134 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with artist, attics and caters. For points, 14 words tie at 11 points, including crafts, facers and facete.
There are 169 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in certificates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with after, attic and cafes. For points, 11 words tie at 10 points, including cafes, faces and facts.
Rearranging the letters in certificates produces 149 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with acts, airs and arts. For points, 6 words tie at 9 points, including cafe, face and fact.
Unscrambling certificates turns up 79 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, air and are. For points, the strongest play is caf — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in certificates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at and if. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fa, fe, and if — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
certificates 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 four senses for certificates. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 19 points on a Scrabble board:
certificates is the only twelve-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing certificates unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is certificates, worth 19 points in Scrabble, and no other word from certificates 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 certificates produce 660 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 twelve-letter word, 1 eleven-letter word, 2 ten-letter words, 13 nine-letter words, 25 eight-letter words, 68 seven-letter words, 134 six-letter words, 169 five-letter words, 149 four-letter words, 79 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.