Hidden inside perique sit perique and reequip, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 18 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 36 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
perique and reequip tie for the highest Scrabble score from perique at 18 points. The top 10 of 36 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 seven-letter words hiding in perique: one comes from rearranging its letters, and perique itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are perique and reequip, each worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
There are 6 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in perique. If a familiar word is all you need, start with queer. For points, the strongest plays are equip and pique — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in perique produces 9 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with pure. For points, the strongest play is quip — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling perique turns up 13 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with pee, per, pie, rep, and rip. For points, the strongest plays are pee, per, pie, piu, pur, rep, rip, and urp — each worth 5 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 perique. If a familiar word is all you need, start with up. For points, the strongest play is qi — worth 11 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 perique 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.
perique 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
perique is one of two seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing perique unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are perique and reequip, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from perique 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 perique produce 36 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 6 five-letter words, 9 four-letter words, 13 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.