referees needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 11 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 42 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
referees is the highest-scoring word from referees, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 42 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in referees — and it is referees itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in referees produces 2 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are reefers and referee, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling referees turns up 4 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with refers. For points, the strongest plays are freers, freres, reefer, and refers — 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 referees. If a familiar word is all you need, start with freer and refer. For points, the strongest plays are feres, freer, frees, frere, reefs, and refer — 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 referees produces 10 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fees and free. For points, the strongest plays are fees, fere, free, reef, refs, and serf — 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 referees turns up 12 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fee and see. For points, the strongest plays are efs, fee, fer, fes, and ref — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 5 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in referees. No common everyday answer stands out among these two-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are ef and fe, each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 nine-letter word can be made using all the letters in referees plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in referees and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
referees 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in referees carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record five senses for referees. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 11 points on a Scrabble board:
referees is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing referees unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is referees, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from referees 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 referees produce 42 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 2 seven-letter words, 4 six-letter words, 8 five-letter words, 10 four-letter words, 12 three-letter words and 5 two-letter words.