143 words come out when you unscramble GRINDERY, starting with GRINDERY itself: 13 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of GRINDERY is on the page: REDRYING, each 13 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
G23R1I1N12D2E1R1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GRINDERY by length: 2 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 16 with 6, 31 with 5, 38 with 4, 41 with 3 and 12 with 2.
5 of 31 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GRINDERY tie at 10 points; none scores more. RIDGE, DYING and RIDER will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words made with GRINDERY letters, EDGY leads with 9 points, then DENY and DREY on 8. RING, RIDE and GRID are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of GRINDERY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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GRINDERY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GRINDERY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRINDERY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 143) | 111 | 143 | 104 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 32 of them: YERDING, YEDING, GRYDE, DERNY, DERING, DREY, NYED, RIDGER, YERD, DERIG, GIRNER, RENY and 20 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: GYNIE, RINDY, YER, DENI, GRR, NEG and GI.
This word takes every letter of GRINDERY plus a single extra one.