Unscramble RECHERCHE and you have 31 words, RECHERCHE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RECHERCHE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 1 with 6, 4 with 5, 8 with 4, 10 with 3 and 6 with 2. None has 8 letters.
CHEERER is the only one of the 7-letter words in RECHERCHE; it scores 12 points.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words made with RECHERCHE letters: CRECHE, for 13 points.
Keep every letter of RECHERCHE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in HE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 6 strongest answers mean; CRECHE (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
RECHERCHE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RECHERCHE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 31) | 19 | 31 | 19 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
12 of the 31 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HECH, CHERE, REECH, CHER, EECH, CHE, ECCE, ECH, CH, CREE, REH and EE.