Unscramble FEDERARY and you have 171 words, FEDERARY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 15 points: DEFRAYER. DEFRAY, FRAYED and REDEFY are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
F4E1D2E1R1A1R1Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from FEDERARY by length: 2 with 8 letters, 17 with 6, 46 with 5, 49 with 4, 40 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 7 letters.
FAYED and FEYED share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FEDERARY. READY, REFER and FERRY are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from FEDERARY, DEFY, FADY and FYRD tie for first at 11 points. FREE, YEAR and READ are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of FEDERARY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with FE · ending in RY · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DEFRAYER (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FEDERARY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEDERARY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 171) | 125 | 171 | 120 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
46 of the 171 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FEDERARY, FEYED, AREFY, FADY, FAYER, FAYRE, FYRD, YFERE, FARRED, RYFE, YARRED, YEARD and 34 more. 5 of the 171 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: YARDER, DEF, YER, FE and DA.
This word takes every letter of FEDERARY plus a single extra one.