196 words come out when you unscramble MADDINGLY, starting with MADDINGLY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are MIDDAY, DIGAMY and MANGILY, 13 points each. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MADDINGLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 17 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
MIDDY and MIDGY share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MADDINGLY. DAILY, DYING and LYING are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from MADDINGLY, GAMY leads with 10 points, then ADDY and AMYL on 9. MANY, MAIL and MAIN are the familiar ones.
GYM tops the 3-letter words from MADDINGLY at 9 points; next come LYM and MAY on 8. ANY, DAY and ADD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MADDINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DIGAMY, MANGILY and MIDDAY (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
MADDINGLY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MADDINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 162 | 196 | 152 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
34 of the 196 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MADDINGLY, DIAMYL, GIDDAY, MIDGY, MADLING, GANDY, ADDY, LYAM, MADID, MINY, MYAL, DIYA and 22 more. 10 of the 196 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANGLY, LADDY, ADMIN, LAYIN, GLAM, YAG, MANI, DAN, DA and GI.