Unscramble NIDDERING and you have 143 words, NIDDERING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DERIDING leads with 11 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
N12I1D2D2E1R1I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NIDDERING split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 13 with 7, 28 with 6, 27 with 5, 30 with 4, 32 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Of the 28 6-letter words from NIDDERING, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. ENDING, DINING and DINNER are the ones most people know.
13 of 27 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NIDDERING tie at 7 points; none scores more. INNER, RIDGE and INDIE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of NIDDERING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NI · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DERIDING (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: NIDDERING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIDDERING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 143) | 116 | 143 | 109 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DINGIED, DERNING, DERING, DIRIGE, DERIG, ENRING, ERNING, GIRNIE, INGINE, DEID, ERING, GREIN and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NIDDERING, RINDING, DENI, INNIE, NINER, NEG and GI, 7 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of NIDDERING plus a single extra one.