Hidden inside were sit ewer, weer, and were, four-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 7 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 12 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ewer, weer, and were tie for the highest Scrabble score from were at 7 points. The top 10 of 12 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 3 four-letter words hiding in were: two come from rearranging its letters, and were itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with were. For points, the strongest plays are ewer, weer, and were — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling were turns up 5 three-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these three-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are eew, ewe, and wee, each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 4 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in were. Here the everyday answers and the top-scoring plays are one and the same: ew and we, worth 5 points apiece in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in were and you get a different four-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 3 of the 4 letters, not all of them.
were 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 were carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
were is one of three four-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing were unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are ewer, weer, and were, worth 7 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from were 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 were produce 12 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 3 four-letter words, 5 three-letter words and 4 two-letter words.