Unscramble GRANDADDY and you have 92 words, GRANDADDY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. GRANDDAD and YARDANG are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
G23R1A1N12D2A1D2D2Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GRANDADDY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 3 with 6, 16 with 5, 32 with 4, 26 with 3 and 10 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in GRANDADDY: GRANDDAD, 12 points.
Keep every letter of GRANDADDY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GR · ending in DY · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GRANDDAD (12 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
GRANDADDY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANDADDY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 92) | 70 | 92 | 64 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YARDANG, GANDY, GRADDAN, YDRAD, ADDY, DAYAN, ADRY, ARGAND, GYAN, ADRAD, DARGA, YAAR and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GAYDAR, GARDA, YAG, NAGA, DAN and DA, 6 in all.
This word takes every letter of GRANDADDY plus a single extra one.