The Best Words to Know for Scrabble Games
As stated in Becoming a Word Finding Master, one of the best practices to improve your game is learning new words, but there’s a lot of words to learn in the English language.
To make it easier, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best words to know for games like Words With Friends and Scrabble. Many of these words are somewhat unusual and contain difficult-to-use letters. After learning these, you’ll have some solid words you can whip out with those high-scoring letters.
2-Letter Words
Starting off with two-letter words, these have some of the highest-scoring words available. They’re great for late in the game when you are running out of tiles. They’re also useful for branching off words on the board. An interesting aspect to remember is that Scrabble allows for interjections like mm, hm, sh, um, and more.
- za – 11
- qi – 11
- xu – 9
- hm -7
- ye – 5
- wo – 5
3-Letter Words
These three-letter words are especially helpful for using Z and X while still scoring well. It can be tricky to come up with words using these letters, so memorizing some shorter words with them will come in handy when you need to use them up.
- zek – 16
- pyx – 15
- yez – 15
- adz – 13
- zee – 12
- xed – 11
4-Letter Words
One thing to note is that most of the highest-scoring four-letter words contain two Z’s. These are words such as jazz, fuzz, and buzz. However, it’s not very likely that you’ll have both Z’s at the same time, so this list contains words with more frequent letters that you can use to score big.
- hajj – 21
- fozy – 19
- joky – 18
- cazh – 18
- qoph – 18
- jeux – 18
- chez – 18
5-Letter Words
Just like the four-letter words, the best words you can make with five letters also contains two Z’s but with an added Y. These are words like jazzy, fuzzy, and buzzy. For this list, there’s some good words you should learn with the letter Q.
- qajaq – 30
- huzza – 26
- quaky – 21
- muzak – 20
- qophs – 19
- zincy – 19
- zilch – 19
- nudzh – 18
6-Letter Words
Six-letter words offer the possibility to connect two words together. This includes words such as skybox, cowpox, jetway, and more. If you know which ones to use, they can really help lengthen your words.
- exequy – 25
- skybox – 22
- bombyx – 22
- joypop – 20
- zygoid – 20
- jimply – 20
- qualmy – 20
- chuffy – 20
7-Letter Words
Ending at seven letters, here are some familiar-sounding yet unexpected words that won’t be too tough to memorize. Words like jazzbos and skyjack can definitely boost your score, especially when paired with bonus tiles.
- jazzbos – 34
- mezquit – 27
- skyjack – 27
- zinkify – 26
- packwax – 25
- jumbuck – 24
- squabby – 23
