259 words come out when you unscramble IRRADIANCE, starting with IRRADIANCE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from IRRADIANCE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 6 with 8, 23 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in IRRADIANCE: CINERARIA, for 11 points.
Among 23 7-letter words from IRRADIANCE, the top score is 10, reached by 12. CARRIED and RAINIER are the familiar ones.
44 6-letter words you get when you unscramble IRRADIANCE; 23 of them share the top score of 9. ARCADE, DANCER and RAIDER are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words made with IRRADIANCE letters, the top score is 8, reached by 26. DANCE, CEDAR and CRANE are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble IRRADIANCE tie at 7 points; none scores more. CARE, CARD and NICE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of IRRADIANCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IR · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACRIDINE, CINERARIA, RADIANCE and RANCIDER (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept IRRADIANCE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRRADIANCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 191 | 259 | 176 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 68 of them: CANARIED, ACIDIER, ACRIDIN, AIDANCE, CAIRNIER, CARNIED, ACIDER, CANDIE, CARDAN, CARDIE, CARNIER, CRINED and 56 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: RANCIDER, DANCIER, DRACENA, CNIDAE, DECANI, CNIDA, DECAN, CRED, DENARI, ACAI, CRIA, DENI and 3 more.
These 2 words take every letter of IRRADIANCE plus a single extra one.