waxwork needs no unscrambling at all — the seven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 24 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 30 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
waxwork is the highest-scoring word from waxwork, worth 24 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 30 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in waxwork — and it is waxwork itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 24 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in waxwork produces 4 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with work. For points, the strongest plays are wark and work — each 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 waxwork turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with raw, row, war, wax, and wow. For points, the strongest play is wax — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in waxwork. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aw, ok, or, and ow. For points, the strongest plays are ax and ox — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 eight-letter word can be made using all the letters in waxwork plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in waxwork 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.
waxwork 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 waxwork carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record two senses for waxwork. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 24 points on a Scrabble board:
waxwork is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing waxwork unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is waxwork, worth 24 points in Scrabble, and no other word from waxwork 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 waxwork produce 30 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 4 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.