Unscramble DRAINAGE and you have 235 words, DRAINAGE itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: AREADING and GARDENIA. 7 shorter words score 9, among them READING, GRAINED and AREDING. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
Looking for adearing, erdagani, granaied, aderigna, daginera, diganera, drangeia, edrinaga, readinga or grenaaid? They use the same letters as DRAINAGE, so the words on this page are their answers too.
D2R1A1I1N12A1G23E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DRAINAGE split into 3 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 30 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 20 with 2.
30 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DRAINAGE; 18 of them share the top score of 8. GARDEN, AGENDA and DANGER are everyday picks.
Among 54 5-letter words from DRAINAGE, the top score is 7, reached by 15. AGAIN, RANGE and GRAND are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with DRAINAGE letters, 16 score 6 points, the group's best. IDEA, GEAR and GAIN are the ones most people know.
6 of 59 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DRAINAGE tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, END and AIR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DRAINAGE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with DR · ending in GE · all 8-letter words
DRAINAGE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DRAINAGE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAINAGE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 235) | 174 | 235 | 161 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AREADING, AREDING, DEARING, EARDING, ARGAND, DAEING, DERING, GRANDE, AIRNED, DARGA, DERIG, GRAINE and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GARDAI, DENARI, GARDA, DENAR, AREG, DENI, GEAN, NAGA, DAN, NEG, DA, GI and 1 more, 13 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DRAINAGE and one more.