Unscramble DALEDS and you have 69 words, DALEDS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: ADDLES and SADDLE. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 7 points, ADDLE, DALED and DEADS among them. 6 letters: 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DALEDS by length: 3 with 6 letters, 11 with 5, 21 with 4, 23 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Keep every letter of DALEDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with DA · ending in DS · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ADDLES and SADDLE (8 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: DALEDS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DALEDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 69) | 59 | 69 | 56 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DALEDS, DALED, SLADE, DAES, SELD, DAE, SED, SLAE, EAS and EA, 10 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DAS, EDS and DA, 3 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DALEDS and one more.