Hidden inside redrum is one standout: murder, a six-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 33 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
REDRUM isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to MURDER (verb), to kill unlawfully with premeditated malice, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
murder is the highest-scoring word from redrum, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 33 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling redrum produces exactly one six-letter word: murder. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in redrum produces 9 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with drum and rude. For points, the strongest plays are derm and drum — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling redrum turns up 11 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with due, mud, red, and rum. For points, the strongest plays are dum, med, and mud — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in redrum. If a familiar word is all you need, start with me and um. For points, the strongest plays are em, me, mu, and um — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
5 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in redrum plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in redrum 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 murder, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from redrum 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 redrum produce 33 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 4 five-letter words, 9 four-letter words, 11 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.