ire and rei tie for the highest Scrabble score from rei at 3 points. The top 4 of 4 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 three-letter words hiding in rei: one comes from rearranging its letters, and rei itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these three-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are ire and rei, each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 2 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in rei. No common everyday answer stands out among these two-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are er and re, each worth 2 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 rei and you get a different three-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 2 of the 3 letters, not all of them.
rei 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 rei carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
rei is one of two three-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing rei unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are ire and rei, worth 3 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from rei 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 rei produce 4 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 three-letter words and 2 two-letter words.