Unscramble DRAMELE and you get 159 words; DRAMELE itself is not one of them. The best is EMERALD at 10 points. 10 shorter words score 9, among them DERMAL, REMADE and REAMED. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DRAMELE by length: 1 with 7 letters, 16 with 6, 34 with 5, 55 with 4, 36 with 3 and 17 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with DRAMELE letters: EMERALD, 10 points.
Of the 34 5-letter words from DRAMELE, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. DREAM, ARMED and MEDAL are the ones most people know.
10 of 55 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DRAMELE tie at 7 points; none scores more. READ, REAL and MADE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DRAMELE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with EM · ending in LD · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EMERALD (10 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
No. DRAMELE itself is not a word in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK or the list Words With Friends is built on, but its letters make 159 words that are.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAMELE itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 113 | 159 | 111 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LEAMED, MEALED, README, REMEAD, LEMED, MEALER, MEDLE, MERED, LAERED, LEARED, MAERL, MARD and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LEDE and DA, 2 in all.
These 10 words take every letter of DRAMELE plus a single extra one.