Unscramble derning

Unscramble DERNING and you have 98 words, DERNING itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: GRINNED and RENDING. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of DERNING at once for 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50) or 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From derning

Words from DERNING by length: 3 with 7 letters, 13 with 6, 16 with 5, 25 with 4, 31 with 3 and 10 with 2.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with derning

DERNING and 2 anagrams, RENDING and GRINNED, make up the 7-letter words made with DERNING letters; each scores 9 points.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with derning

8 of 13 6-letter words in DERNING tie at 8 points; none scores more. ENDING and DINNER will look familiar.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with derning

16 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DERNING; 7 of them share the top score of 7. INNER, RIDGE and REIGN are everyday picks.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with derning

5 of 25 4-letter words from DERNING tie at 6 points; none scores more. RING, NINE and RIDE will look familiar.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with derning

Of the 31 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DERNING, 4 score 5 points, the group's best. END, RED and INN are the ones most people know.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with derning

Among 10 2-letter words from DERNING, the top score is 3, reached by 5. IN is the familiar one.

Change One Tile in DERNING

Keep every letter of DERNING but one, change that one, and you get:

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What the Best DERNING Words Mean

The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GRINNED and RENDING (9 points each).

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

GRINNED 9 · 12
to smile broadly
RENDING 9 · 12
to tear apart forcibly
DINGER 8 · 10
a home run
ENDING 8 · 11
a termination
ENGIRD 8 · 10
to gird
GINNED 8 · 11
to remove seeds from cotton
GIRNED 8 · 10
to snarl
REDING 8 · 10
to advise

DERNING in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

DERNING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
DERNING itselfNoYesNo
Answers accepted (of 98)769872

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DERNING, DERING, DERIG, ENRING, ERNING, ERING, GREIN, DEG, DERN, GINN, GREN, NIED and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DENI, NINER, NEG and GI, 4 in all.

Add a Letter to DERNING

With one more tile, the letters of DERNING spell the words below.

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