Hidden inside peruus is one standout: pursue, a six-letter play worth 8 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 38 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
PERUUS isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to PURSUE (verb), to follow in order to overtake or capture, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
pursue is the highest-scoring word from peruus, worth 8 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 38 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling peruus produces exactly one six-letter word: pursue. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 4 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in peruus. If a familiar word is all you need, start with purse and super. For points, the strongest plays are purse, sprue, super, and usurp — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in peruus produces 13 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with pure, reps, and sure. For points, 7 words tie at 6 points, including pure, reps and purs.
9 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in peruus plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in peruus 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 pursue, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and no other word from peruus 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 peruus produce 38 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 4 five-letter words, 13 four-letter words, 14 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.