Unscramble TOPOGRAPH and you have 161 words, TOPOGRAPH itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. PHOTOG is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
T1O1P34O1G23R1A1P34H43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from TOPOGRAPH by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 19 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with TOPOGRAPH letters: AGOROTH, 11 points.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TOPOGRAPH; 8 of them share the top score of 9. PART, PORT and POOR are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from TOPOGRAPH, the top score is 8, reached by 6. TOP, ART and HOT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of TOPOGRAPH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TO · ending in PH · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PHOTOG (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TOPOGRAPH is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOPOGRAPH itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 136 | 161 | 117 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: APPORT, APOOP, APPRO, GATH, PARP, GAPO, HARO, HOOR, POORT, PORTA, PROTO, THAR and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: TOPOGRAPH, TROPPO, ARGH, GOTH, OPPO, PHO, APP, POGO, HOO, TOPO, AGRO, APO and 7 more.
These 3 words take every letter of TOPOGRAPH plus a single extra one.