Unscramble LADDERBACK and you have 259 words, LADDERBACK itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BLACKED, LACEBARK and REDBACK lead with 16 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
L12A1D2D2E1R1B34A1C34K5
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from LADDERBACK by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 15 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 9 letters.
LACEBARK is the only one of the 8-letter words made with LADDERBACK letters; it scores 16 points.
BACKED tops the 6-letter words from LADDERBACK at 15 points; next come BACKER and DACKED on 14. ARCADE, LADDER and CRADLE will look familiar.
ABACK, BLACK and BRACK share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LADDERBACK. CABLE, BREAK and BAKER are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from LADDERBACK, BACK and BECK tie for first at 12 points. CARD, ABLE and LAKE are everyday picks.
ACK, KAB and KEB share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words in LADDERBACK. ARE, ADD and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LADDERBACK but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with LA · ending in CK · all 10-letter words
The meaning of LADDERBACK, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US accepts LADDERBACK, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LADDERBACK itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 212 | 258 | 200 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: LACEBARK, REDBACK, BACKARE, DACKED, REBACK, BRACK, CRAKED, DRACK, ACKER, ALECK, CLADDER, DACK and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: BERK, CABLER, ACK, BARCA, BEDAD, BLADER, ABLED, CRED, BAE, CAL and DA. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: LADDERBACK.
Each word below uses all the letters of LADDERBACK and one more.