Unscramble PERIDINIAN and you have 239 words, PERIDINIAN itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PERIDINIA leads with 12 points. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
P34E1R1I1D2I1N12I1A1N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PERIDINIAN by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 9 with 7, 34 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in PERIDINIAN: PERIDINIA, for 12 points.
Of the 34 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PERIDINIAN, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. DINNER, DIAPER and PAIRED are the ones most people know.
55 5-letter words from PERIDINIAN; 15 of them share the top score of 8. RAPID, INNER and PRIDE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with PERIDINIAN letters, 11 score 7 points, the group's best. READ, IDEA and PAID are the ones most people know.
59 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PERIDINIAN; 5 of them share the top score of 6. ARE, END and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PERIDINIAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PE · ending in AN · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PARDINE and PERIDIA (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PERIDINIAN, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERIDINIAN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 239) | 188 | 239 | 173 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: PERIDINIAN, PERIDINIA, PINDARI, PRIDIAN, PIERID, PINDAN, IRIDIAN, PIEND, PINNIE, PIRNIE, AIRNED, DINNAE and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: NAPED, PANINI, PANNER, DENARI, PAREN, PEDI, PIANI, DENAR, DEP, DENI, INNIE, NINER and 3 more.
This word takes every letter of PERIDINIAN plus a single extra one.