Hidden inside semes sit seems and semes, five-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 7 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 17 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
seems and semes tie for the highest Scrabble score from semes at 7 points. The top 10 of 17 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 five-letter words hiding in semes: one comes from rearranging its letters, and semes itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with seems. For points, the strongest plays are seems and semes — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in semes produces 7 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with mess, seem, and sees. For points, the strongest plays are emes, mess, seem, and seme — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling semes turns up 5 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with see. For points, the strongest plays are eme, ems, and mes — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 3 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in semes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with me. For points, the strongest plays are em and me — each worth 4 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 semes and you get a different five-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 4 of the 5 letters, not all of them.
semes 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.
The 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
semes is one of two five-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing semes unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are seems and semes, worth 7 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from semes 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 semes produce 17 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 five-letter words, 7 four-letter words, 5 three-letter words and 3 two-letter words.