metaphrase needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 608 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
metaphrase is the highest-scoring word from metaphrase, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 608 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in metaphrase — and it is metaphrase itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling metaphrase turns up 3 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are metaphase and petersham, each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 7 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in metaphrase. If a familiar word is all you need, start with separate. For points, the strongest plays are earthpea and preheats — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in metaphrase produces 34 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hamster and repeats. For points, the strongest plays are empaths, hampers, pharmas, and tempehs — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling metaphrase turns up 101 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with easter, hearts, herpes, master, meters, phrase, and repeat. For points, the strongest plays are empath, hamper, pharma, and tempeh — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 178 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in metaphrase. If a familiar word is all you need, start with apart, areas, earth, erase, harms, hates, and hears. For points, the strongest plays are hemps and pashm — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in metaphrase produces 175 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ahem, apes, area, arms, arts, maps, and mate. For points, the strongest play is hemp — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling metaphrase turns up 86 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aah, aha, ape, are, arm, art, and ash. For points, the strongest plays are ham, hap, hem, hep, meh, pah, peh, and pht — 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 23 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in metaphrase. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, am, as, at, eh, ha, and he. 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.
3 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in metaphrase plus one additional letter.
metaphrase 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 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
metaphrase is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing metaphrase unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is metaphrase, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from metaphrase 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 metaphrase produce 608 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 3 nine-letter words, 7 eight-letter words, 34 seven-letter words, 101 six-letter words, 178 five-letter words, 175 four-letter words, 86 three-letter words and 23 two-letter words.