216 words come out when you unscramble DREARILY, starting with DREARILY itself: 12 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. READILY is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2R1E1A1R1I1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DREARILY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 19 with 2.
27 6-letter words in DREARILY; 10 of them share the top score of 10. RARELY, RAIDER and RIDLEY are everyday picks.
20 of 60 5-letter words from DREARILY tie at 9 points; none scores more. DAILY, EARLY and READY will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DREARILY, 14 score 8 points, the group's best. YEAR, READ and LEAD are the ones most people know.
Among 47 3-letter words made with DREARILY letters, the top score is 7, reached by 5. ARE, DAY and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DREARILY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DR · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
The meaning of DREARILY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DREARILY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREARILY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 174 | 216 | 168 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
42 of the 216 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EYLIAD, RAYLED, YARRED, REARLY, YEARD, ADRY, AIERY, AYRIE, DIYA, DREY, RAYLE, YEAD and 30 more. 6 of the 216 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: YARDER, LAIRY, YER, ARIE, DA and RAI.