The letters in INCHES make 54 words of two letters or more. The longest is CHINES at 6 letters, and the highest-scoring is CHINES at 11 points.
INCHES is an anagram of NICHES and CHINES, using all 6 letters. INCHES has 6 letters: 2 vowels and 4 consonants, worth 11 points before any board bonuses.
Anagrams of INCHES 2
niches11chines11
6-letter words 3
5-letter words 6
chine10chins10cines7niche10shine8since7
4-letter words 16
chin9chis9cine6hens7hies7hins7hisn7ices6ichs9inch9nice6sech9shin7sice6sine4sinh7
3-letter words 18
chi8cis5ens3hen6hes6hic8hie6hin6his6ice5ich8ins3sec5sei3sen3she6sic5sin3
2-letter words 11
cs4eh5en2es2he5hi5in2is2ne2sh5si2
Words are from our open word list and include some game-only words. Rude words are left out of this page; the unscrambler shows every valid word, lets you add blank tiles and filter by length.