Hidden inside whereon sit nowhere and whereon, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 13 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 80 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
nowhere and whereon tie for the highest Scrabble score from whereon at 13 points. The top 10 of 80 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 seven-letter words hiding in whereon: one comes from rearranging its letters, and whereon itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nowhere. For points, the strongest plays are nowhere and whereon — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in whereon. If a familiar word is all you need, start with newer, owner, and where. For points, the strongest plays are hewer, wheen, where, and whore — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in whereon produces 20 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with here, hero and horn. For points, the strongest plays are hewn, howe, whee, and when — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling whereon turns up 29 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hen, her and how. For points, the strongest plays are hew, how, and who — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in whereon. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eh, ew and he. For points, 8 words tie at 5 points, including eh, ew and he.
1 eight-letter word can be made using all the letters in whereon plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in whereon 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.
whereon 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 whereon carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
whereon is one of two seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing whereon unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are nowhere and whereon, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from whereon 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 whereon produce 80 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 2 six-letter words, 11 five-letter words, 20 four-letter words, 29 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.