Unscramble GIDDIED and you have 19 words, GIDDIED itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DIDIE leads with 7 points. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. GIDDIED as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from GIDDIED split into 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 5, 3 with 4, 9 with 3 and 5 with 2. None has 6 letters.
DIDIE is the only one of the 5-letter words made with GIDDIED letters; it scores 7 points.
These 6 words have the length of GIDDIED, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with GI · ending in ED · all 7-letter words
GIDDIED 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 GIDDIED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIDDIED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 19) | 14 | 19 | 13 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEID, DEG, DEI, IDE and DI, 5 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GI.