Words From D E F I N R S
FRIENDS and 188 more. Every word these 7 tiles allow, in any order.
The Answer
4 words use all 7 letters: FRIENDS, FINDERS, REDFINS, REFINDS. They are anagrams of each other, so any of them plays the whole rack. Laying all 7 tiles down in one turn is a bingo, so that play is worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
These letters are 2 vowels and 5 consonants, and it holds an S, the single most useful tile on the board because it hooks onto a word already in play.
Highest Scoring Plays
The rack itself is worth 11 points in Scrabble (D2 E1 F4 I1 N1 R1 S1). The best single word from it is REFINDS at 11. REFINDS is also the best in Words With Friends, at 11.
6 Letter Words (10)
Best of them is REFIND at 10 points.
5 Letter Words (46)
Best of them is FRIED at 9 points.
4 Letter Words (66)
Best of them is FIND at 8 points. This is the deepest group on the rack, 66 of the 189 words here.
3 Letter Words (48)
Best of them is FID at 7 points.
Racks One Tile Away
Six of these seven tiles, plus one different one.
The Same Letters, By Tool
These tiles answered as each tool would put it: Anagram Solver, Scrabble Word Finder, Words With Friends, Wordfeud. Any order of the letters works too, so /unscramble/friends reaches this same page.
Different letters? The Word Unscrambler solves any rack, or try the Anagram Solver for letters that have to be used in full. Every rack with its own page is listed in the index.