Hidden inside meerly is one standout: merely, a six-letter play worth 11 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 36 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
MEERLY isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to MERELY (adverb), in a mere manner, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
merely is the highest-scoring word from meerly, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 36 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling meerly produces exactly one six-letter word: merely. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in meerly. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is emery, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in meerly produces 12 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with rely. For points, the strongest plays are elmy and ylem — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Swap a single tile in meerly and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is merely, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from meerly 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 meerly produce 36 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 3 five-letter words, 12 four-letter words, 13 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.