zigzags needs no unscrambling at all — the seven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 28 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
zigzags is the highest-scoring word from zigzags, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 28 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in zigzags — and it is zigzags itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling zigzags produces exactly one six-letter word: zigzag. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling zigzags produces exactly one five-letter word: gigas. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 7 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in zigzags produces 6 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gags and gigs. For points, the strongest plays are zags and zigs — 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 zigzags turns up 12 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gag, gas, and gig. For points, the strongest plays are zag and zig — 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 7 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in zigzags. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as and is. For points, the strongest play is za — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
zigzags 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 three senses for zigzags. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 17 points on a Scrabble board:
zigzags is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing zigzags unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is zigzags, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from zigzags 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 zigzags produce 28 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 1 five-letter word, 6 four-letter words, 12 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.