214 words come out when you unscramble DAPPERLY, starting with DAPPERLY itself: 16 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. DRAPPY, REAPPLY and YAPPED are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DAPPERLY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 26 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words in DAPPERLY, DRAPPY and YAPPED tie for first at 14 points. PLAYER, PLAYED and REPLAY are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DAPPERLY, APPLY leads with 12 points, then PARDY and PAYED on 11. REPLY, PAPER and EARLY are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words from DAPPERLY is YAPP, 11 points; PALY and PLAY on 9 follow. YEAR, DEAL and LADY are everyday picks.
Among 58 3-letter words from DAPPERLY, the top score is 8, reached by 7. ARE, DAY and RED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DAPPERLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DA · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
DAPPERLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DAPPERLY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAPPERLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 214) | 173 | 212 | 164 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: DRAPPY, PARPED, PREDY, YAPP, AYELP, PARLY, PYRAL, RAYLED, RAPPE, RYPE, YEARD, ADRY and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: APPLEY, PALPED, PERP, APP, DEP, YER and DA. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: LARPED and LARP.