Hidden inside semites is one standout: metisse, a seven-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 87 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
SEMITES isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to METISSE (noun), a female metis, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
metisse is the highest-scoring word from semites, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 87 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling semites produces exactly one seven-letter word: metisse. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling semites turns up 6 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are emesis, misset, smites and 3 more, each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 21 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in semites. If a familiar word is all you need, start with items, meets and seems. For points, 18 words tie at 7 points, including items, meets and seems.
Rearranging the letters in semites produces 30 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with item, meet and mess. For points, 20 words tie at 6 points, including item, meet and mess.
Unscrambling semites turns up 19 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with its, met and see. For points, 7 words tie at 5 points, including met, eme and ems.
There are 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in semites. If a familiar word is all you need, start with is, it, and me. For points, the strongest plays are em, me, and mi — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
12 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in semites plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in semites 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 play from these letters is metisse, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from semites 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 semites produce 87 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 6 six-letter words, 21 five-letter words, 30 four-letter words, 19 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.