Unscramble DERIDINGLY and you have 276 words, DERIDINGLY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. GLIDDERY is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
D2E1R1I1D2I1N12G23L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DERIDINGLY split into 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 8, 23 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 7-letter words made with DERIDINGLY letters are led by EDDYING and GIDDILY, 13 points each. RELYING is the familiar one.
GRYDED tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DERIDINGLY at 12 points; next come DINGEY and DRYING on 11. RIDING, RIDDLE and RIDDEN will look familiar.
GIDDY scores highest among the 5-letter words from DERIDINGLY at 11 points, ahead of DINGY and DYING on 10. RIDGE, YIELD and LYING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from DERIDINGLY, the top score is 9, reached by 4. GIRL, DIED and GRID are the familiar ones.
53 3-letter words in DERIDINGLY; 4 of them share the top score of 7. DID, END and RED are everyday picks.
These 3 words have the length of DERIDINGLY, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
What DERIDINGLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DERIDINGLY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERIDINGLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 276) | 214 | 276 | 205 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 276 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GLIDDERY, YELDRING, GRYDED, YERDING, YIRDING, GYLDEN, YEDING, YIRDED, DERNLY, DINGIED, GLIDDER, GRIDELIN and 50 more. 9 of the 276 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NEDDY, REDDY, GYNIE, LINDIED, RINDY, YER, DENI, NEG and GI.