ryu needs no unscrambling at all — the three-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 6 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 1 valid word comes out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ryu is the highest-scoring word from ryu, worth 6 points in Scrabble. The top 1 of 1 word is shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one three-letter word uses the letters in ryu — and it is ryu itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 6 points in Scrabble.
ryu is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, but not in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it plays in Scrabble only.
ryu is the only three-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing ryu unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is ryu, worth 6 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ryu 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 ryu produce 1 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 three-letter word.