176 words come out when you unscramble DARKENER, starting with DARKENER itself: 13 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are KNARRED, KNEADER and NAKEDER, 12 points each. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2A1R1K5E1N12E1R1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DARKENER by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 27 with 6, 39 with 5, 55 with 4, 36 with 3 and 15 with 2.
9 of 27 6-letter words in DARKENER tie at 11 points; none scores more. READER, EARNED and RANKED will look familiar.
Of the 39 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DARKENER, 9 score 10 points, the group's best. NAKED, DRAKE and DRANK are the ones most people know.
Among 55 4-letter words from DARKENER, the top score is 9, reached by 9. READ, NEED and NEAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DARKENER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DA · ending in ER · all 8-letter words
DARKENER first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DARKENER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARKENER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 123 | 176 | 117 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: RARKED, REAKED, ARKED, DAKER, REKED, RENKER, AKED, ANKER, DEEK, KADE, KAED, NAKER and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: EEK, DENAR, ARENE, DAN, NARE and DA.
With one more tile, the letters of DARKENER spell the words below.