147 words come out when you unscramble WHEREFROM, starting with WHEREFROM itself: 20 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
W4H43E1R1E1F4R1O1M34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WHEREFROM by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 22 with 5, 42 with 4, 50 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with WHEREFROM letters: WHEREOF, for 16 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WHEREFROM, FEHME leads with 13 points, then FEWER and HEWER on 11. REFER, HOMER and MOWER are the familiar ones.
HOWF tops the 4-letter words in WHEREFROM at 13 points; next come FEHM and WHOM on 12. MORE, HOME and FREE will look familiar.
Of the 50 3-letter words made with WHEREFROM letters, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. WHO, FEW and FEE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of WHEREFROM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with WH · ending in OM · all 9-letter words
WHEREFROM first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
WHEREFROM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEREFROM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 147) | 111 | 146 | 104 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
35 of the 147 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WHEREFOR, HEREFROM, FEHME, FEHM, HOWRE, REHOME, HORME, MHORR, ROWME, FERM, MOHR, WEEM and 23 more. 8 of the 147 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RHEME, REWORE, HOM, MEH, EEW, EMO, EW and FE. 1 of the 147 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMF.