Unscramble DEARNLY and you have 181 words, DEARNLY itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 6 of them, DEARLY, ADENYL and DENARY included. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. DEARNLY as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
Looking for landery, reydlan or lanyder? They use the same letters as DEARNLY, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DEARNLY by length: 1 with 7 letters, 15 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 20 with 2.
16 of 38 5-letter words made with DEARNLY letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. LEARN, EARLY and READY will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from DEARNLY, the top score is 8, reached by 14. YEAR, READ and LAND are the familiar ones.
5 of 47 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEARNLY tie at 7 points; none scores more. ARE, ANY and DAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DEARNLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in LY · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ADENYL, DEARLY, DENARY and YARNED (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DEARNLY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEARNLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 181) | 134 | 181 | 127 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEARNLY, DERNLY, RAYLED, ANERLY, DENAY, DERNY, LARNEY, YEARD, ADRY, DREY, LEANY, NYED and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LARNED, RELAND, DENAR, YER, DAN, LARN and DA, 7 in all.
These 7 words take every letter of DEARNLY plus a single extra one.