High Scoring Scrabble Words

List of 108 top scoring words.

The highest scoring words are words that can be made from existing letters in the rack.

You can only win this game by using strategy and by being practical. If your rack of letters contains a high scoring word then play it! This however is rarely the case. Often players have to use existing letters to score as much points as possible. Words in this list are useful to expand your vocabulary.

Only words from the TWL dictionary.

What is the highest scoring word?

The highest scoring word is oxyphenbutazone. The word oxyphenbutazone is 15 letters long and worth 40 points.

Playing such a long word can rack in a huge point score by using triple word score spaces or hooked words. Using the highest scoring word is however very unlikely, because this word uses too many letters. The longer the word the harder it is to play it. It makes more sense to use the short words.

2 letter words

The highest scoring 2 letter words are Za and Qi (each is worth 11 points).

3 letter words

The highest scoring 3 letter word is Zuz (21 points).

4 letter words

The highest scoring 4 letter word is Zizz (31 points).

5 letter words

The highest scoring 5 letter word is Pzazz (34 points).

6 letter words

The highest scoring 6 letter word are pizzaz, pizazz, pazazz, bezazz (each is worth 35 points).

7 letter words

The highest scoring 7 letter word is pizzazz (45 points).

8 letter words

The highest scoring 8 letter word is pizzazzy (49 points).

Words with Z

1. Za
2. Zax
3. Zek
4. Fez
5. Biz
6. Zip
7. Quiz
8. Jeez
9. Fozy
10. Hazy
11. Jazzy
12. Whizz
13. Zappy
14. Zippy
15. Zilch

Words with X

1. Ax
2. Ex
3. Ox
4. Xi
5. Xu
6. Zax
7. Pyx
8. Kex
9. Jeux
10. Jinx
11. Zaxes
12. Kylix
13. Exequy
14. Jukebox
15. Asphyxy

Letter values

The highest scoring letters are Z, Q worth 10 points and J, X worth 8 points.