190 words come out when you unscramble DEARIES, starting with DEARIES itself: 8 in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 8 points: READIES. 19 shorter words score 7, among them RAISED, DESIRE and RESIDE. 7 letters: 4 vowels and 3 consonants. DEARIES as a single 7-tile play makes 58 in Scrabble, 8 plus the 50 bonus, and 43 in Words With Friends (8 + 35).
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By length, the words from DEARIES split into 2 with 7 letters, 21 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 48 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEARIES, 37 score 6 points, the group's best. IDEAS, RAISE and READS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from DEARIES, the top score is 5, reached by 42. READ, SAID and SIDE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEARIES but one, change that one, and you get:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with READIES (8 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DEARIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEARIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 149 | 190 | 140 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: AREDES, DEARES, EASIED, SAIRED, AREDE, ARSED, DARIS, DEARE, DERES, EARDS, IDEES, RIADS and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: DESI, EASER, REAIS, ARIE, DAS, EDS, RAIS, DA and RAI.
With one more tile, the letters of DEARIES spell the words below.