Unscramble ADVERSARY and you have 210 words, ADVERSARY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
A1D2V45E1R1S1A1R1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ADVERSARY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 16 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words from ADVERSARY, VARDY leads with 12 points, then RAVEY and SAVEY on 11. YEARS, READY and ARRAY are the familiar ones.
DAVY tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ADVERSARY at 11 points; next come VARY and VERY on 10. YEAR, DAYS and SAVE will look familiar.
Of the 53 3-letter words from ADVERSARY, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. ARE, DAY and YES are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ADVERSARY for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with AD · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
ADVERSARY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ADVERSARY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADVERSARY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 210) | 144 | 210 | 133 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VARDY, ARAYSED, SAVEY, SYVER, VERRY, YARRED, YEARDS, ADAYS, ARAYSE, DERVS, DREYS, VADES and 54 more, 66 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RAVEY, YARDERS, YARDER, DRYAS, SAYED, SEV, YAS, YER, DAS, EDS and DA, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ADVERSARY and one more.