Hidden inside dern sit nerd and rend, four-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 5 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 12 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
DERN isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to NERD and REND.
nerd and rend tie for the highest Scrabble score from dern at 5 points. The top 10 of 12 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in dern produces 2 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nerd. For points, the strongest plays are nerd and rend — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling dern turns up 4 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with end and red. For points, the strongest plays are den, end, and red — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 6 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in dern. No common everyday answer stands out among these two-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are de and ed, each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in dern and you get a different four-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 3 of the 4 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are nerd and rend, worth 5 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from dern 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 dern produce 12 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 four-letter words, 4 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.