A seven-letter word that uses your whole rack, often called a bingo, scores a 50-point bonus in Scrabble. The ENABLE list contains 23,091 seven-letter words, far too many to list usefully on one page. Instead, this page shows the patterns that help players find bingos, and you can search all of them with the word finder.
The SATIRE stem
Some groups of six letters combine with many different seventh letters to make words. These are called stems. SATIRE (the letters A, E, I, R, S and T) is one of the best known. Here is every seven-letter word in ENABLE made from SATIRE plus one more letter:
| Letters | Words |
|---|---|
| SATIRE + A | ARISTAE, ASTERIA, ATRESIA |
| SATIRE + B | BAITERS, BARITES, REBAITS, TERBIAS |
| SATIRE + C | CRISTAE, RACIEST, STEARIC |
| SATIRE + D | ARIDEST, ASTRIDE, DIASTER, DISRATE, STAIDER, TARDIES, TIRADES |
| SATIRE + E | AERIEST, SERIATE |
| SATIRE + F | FAIREST |
| SATIRE + G | AIGRETS, GAITERS, SEAGIRT, STAGIER, TRIAGES |
| SATIRE + H | HASTIER |
| SATIRE + I | AIRIEST |
| SATIRE + L | REALIST, RETAILS, SALTIER, SALTIRE, SLATIER, TAILERS |
| SATIRE + M | IMARETS, MAESTRI, MISRATE, SMARTIE |
| SATIRE + N | ANESTRI, ANTSIER, NASTIER, RATINES, RETAINS, RETINAS, RETSINA, STAINER, STEARIN |
| SATIRE + P | PARTIES, PASTIER, PIASTER, PIASTRE, PIRATES, TRAIPSE |
| SATIRE + R | ARTSIER, TARRIES, TARSIER |
| SATIRE + S | SATIRES |
| SATIRE + T | ARTIEST, ARTISTE, ATTIRES, IRATEST, RATITES, STRIATE, TASTIER |
| SATIRE + V | VASTIER, VERITAS |
| SATIRE + W | WAISTER, WAITERS, WARIEST, WASTRIE |
No word is formed with J, K, O, Q, U, X, Y, Z. Learning which letters work and which do not saves time during a game.
Highest-scoring seven-letter words
Face value only, before premium squares and the 50-point bonus. Some need more copies of a letter than a standard set has, so would need blanks.
| Word | Tile score |
|---|---|
| ZYZZYVA | 43 |
| PIZAZZY | 39 |
| JAZZILY | 35 |
| QUIZZED | 35 |
| ZIZZLED | 35 |
| JAZZMAN | 34 |
| JAZZMEN | 34 |
| QUIZZER | 34 |
| QUIZZES | 34 |
| ZIZZLES | 34 |
| JAZZING | 33 |
| SCHIZZY | 33 |
| JAZZERS | 32 |
| JAZZIER | 32 |
| WHIZZED | 32 |
How to find bingos
- Keep flexible tiles such as E, S, R, T, N, L, A and the blanks, and play away duplicates.
- Look for common endings first: -ING, -ERS, -IEST and -ED.
- Try your rack in the anagram solver after the game to see the bingos you missed.
For more, read our Scrabble strategy guide.
All lists come from the public-domain ENABLE word list. ENABLE is not an official tournament dictionary, so check doubtful words against the list your game uses.
Frequently asked questions
What is a bingo?
Playing all seven tiles in one turn. In Scrabble it scores a 50-point bonus.