saw and was tie for the highest Scrabble score from was at 6 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 was: one comes from rearranging its letters, and was itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. Here the everyday answers and the top-scoring plays are one and the same: saw and was, worth 6 points apiece 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 was. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as and aw. For points, the strongest play is aw — worth 5 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 was 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.
was 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 was carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
was is one of two three-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing was unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are saw and was, worth 6 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from was 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 was 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.