Unscramble DANDERING to get 287 words. DANDERING itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DREADING and READDING, 11 points each. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2A1N12D2E1R1I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DANDERING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 27 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
4 of 27 7-letter words in DANDERING tie at 10 points; none scores more. READING, EARNING and DRAINED will look familiar.
Of the 56 6-letter words from DANDERING, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. GARDEN, ENDING and ADDING are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DANDERING are led by GADDI and GADID, 8 points each. RANGE, GRAND and GRADE are the familiar ones.
21 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DANDERING tie at 6 points; none scores more. IDEA, DEAD and GEAR will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from DANDERING, the top score is 5, reached by 9. ARE, ADD and DID are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DANDERING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DA · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What DANDERING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DANDERING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANDERING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 287) | 212 | 287 | 200 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
75 of the 287 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEADING, DEARNING, GRANNIED, AREDING, DEARING, DERNING, EARDING, NARDING, RANDING, RENDANG, DAEING, DAINED and 63 more. 12 of the 287 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DENARI, INNAGE, DENAR, AREG, DENI, GEAN, NINER, DAN, NEG, DA, GI and RAI.
These 2 words take every letter of DANDERING plus a single extra one.