Hidden inside offsets sit offsets and setoffs, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 13 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 53 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
offsets and setoffs tie for the highest Scrabble score from offsets at 13 points. The top 10 of 53 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 seven-letter words hiding in offsets: one comes from rearranging its letters, and offsets itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are offsets and setoffs, each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling offsets turns up 2 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are offset and setoff, 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 5 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in offsets. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are teffs and toffs, 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 offsets produces 17 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with sets, soft, toes, and toss. For points, the strongest plays are effs, offs, teff, and toff — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling offsets turns up 17 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with off, set, and toe. For points, the strongest plays are eff and off — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in offsets. If a familiar word is all you need, start with of, so, and to. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and of — each worth 5 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 offsets and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
offsets 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 offsets carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record eleven senses for offsets. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 13 points on a Scrabble board:
offsets is one of two seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing offsets unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are offsets and setoffs, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from offsets 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 offsets produce 53 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 2 six-letter words, 5 five-letter words, 17 four-letter words, 17 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.