Hidden inside demures is one standout: resumed, a seven-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 108 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
DEMURES isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to RESUMED (verb, form of resume), to take up again after interruption, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
resumed is the highest-scoring word from demures, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 108 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling demures produces exactly one seven-letter word: resumed. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 25 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in demures. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deers and drums. For points, 10 words tie at 8 points, including drums, deems and demes.
Rearranging the letters in demures produces 41 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deer, drum and muds. For points, 7 words tie at 7 points, including drum, muds and deem.
Unscrambling demures turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with due, mud and red. For points, the strongest plays are dum, med, and mud — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in demures. If a familiar word is all you need, start with me, um, and us. For points, the strongest plays are em, me, mu, and um — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
5 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in demures plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in demures and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is resumed, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from demures 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 demures produce 108 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 5 six-letter words, 25 five-letter words, 41 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.