Hidden inside referis sit ferries, refires, and refries, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 80 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
REFERIS isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to FERRIES, REFIRES and REFRIES.
ferries, refires, and refries tie for the highest Scrabble score from referis at 10 points. The top 10 of 80 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in referis produces 3 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 ferries, refires, and refries, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling referis turns up 10 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with refers. For points, 8 words tie at 9 points, including refers, firees and firers.
There are 18 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in referis. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fires, freer, fries, and refer. For points, 15 words tie at 8 points, including fires, freer and fries.
Rearranging the letters in referis produces 20 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fees, fire, free, and rise. For points, 12 words tie at 7 points, including fees, fire and free.
Unscrambling referis turns up 21 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fee, see, and sir. For points, 9 words tie at 6 points, including fee, efs and fer.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in referis. If a familiar word is all you need, start with if and is. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and if — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
8 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in referis plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in referis 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.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are ferries, refires, and refries, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from referis 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 referis produce 80 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 3 seven-letter words, 10 six-letter words, 18 five-letter words, 20 four-letter words, 21 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.