Hidden inside whides is one standout: wished, a six-letter play worth 13 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 55 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
WHIDES isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to WISHED (verb, form of wish), to feel an impulse toward attainment or possession of something, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
wished is the highest-scoring word from whides, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 55 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling whides produces exactly one six-letter word: wished. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 7 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in whides. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hides. For points, the strongest play is whids — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in whides produces 19 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dies, dish, hide, side, wide, wise, and wish. For points, the strongest play is whid — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling whides turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, hid, his, ids, sew, and she. For points, the strongest play is hew — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in whides. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eh, ew, he, hi, id, is, and sh. For points, the strongest plays are eh, ew, he, hi, sh, and we — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
5 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in whides plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in whides and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is wished, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from whides 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 whides produce 55 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 7 five-letter words, 19 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.