Hidden inside metred sit metred and termed, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 48 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
metred and termed tie for the highest Scrabble score from metred at 9 points. The top 10 of 48 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in metred: one comes from rearranging its letters, and metred itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are metred and termed, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in metred. If a familiar word is all you need, start with meter. For points, the strongest plays are merde and meted — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in metred produces 19 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deer, meet, term, and tree. For points, the strongest plays are deem, deme, derm, and meed — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling metred turns up 11 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with met and red. For points, the strongest play is med — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in metred. If a familiar word is all you need, start with me. For points, the strongest plays are em and me — each worth 4 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 metred 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.
metred is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
metred is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing metred unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are metred and termed, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from metred 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 metred produce 48 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 8 five-letter words, 19 four-letter words, 11 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.