Unscramble IDEA and you have 16 words, IDEA itself among them: it scores 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of IDEA is on the page: AIDE, each 5 points. The 4 letters split into 3 vowels and 1 consonant.
EDAI unscrambles to IDEA: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for aedi, iaed, eaid, iead, ieda, eadi or edia? They use the same letters as IDEA, so the words on this page are their answers too.
I1D2E1A1
By length, the words from IDEA split into 2 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Keep every letter of IDEA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with I · ending in EA · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to IDEA:
IDEA first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
IDEA works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 16) | 11 | 16 | 12 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. *Words With Friends' list can change.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DAE, DEI, IDE and EA, 4 in all. Not in Scrabble US: DI.
These 12 words take every letter of IDEA plus a single extra one.