Unscramble GRIDDLES and you have 201 words, GRIDDLES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are GRIDDLE, GIRDLED and GLIDDER, 10 points each. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from GRIDDLES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 13 with 7, 27 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Of the 27 6-letter words in GRIDDLES, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. SLIDER, RIDDLE and GLIDER are the ones most people know.
46 5-letter words from GRIDDLES; 18 of them share the top score of 7. GIRLS, SLIDE and RIDGE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GRIDDLES, 15 score 6 points, the group's best. SIDE, GIRL and DIED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GRIDDLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GR · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What GRIDDLES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
GRIDDLES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIDDLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 201) | 165 | 201 | 160 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GLIDDER, GRISLED, LIDGERS, SLIDDER, DERIGS, GRISED, LIDGER, SLIDED, DEIDS, DERIG, DEGS, DEID and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DESI, EDS, GIS, SIG and GI, 5 in all.