Unscramble POWDERIER and you have 208 words, POWDERIER itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. POWDERER and PREWIRED are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POWDERIER by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 9 with 7, 20 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 21 with 2.
The best of the 5-letter words from POWDERIER is WIPED, 11 points; POWER and POWRE on 10 follow. ORDER, PRIOR and PRIDE are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words in POWDERIER, DOWP leads with 10 points, then PROW and WEEP on 9. WERE, WORD and WIDE are the familiar ones.
PEW, POW and WOP share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words made with POWDERIER letters. RED, PRO and WED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of POWDERIER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with POWDERER and PREWIRED (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POWDERIER 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWDERIER itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 166 | 208 | 154 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
41 of the 208 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POWDERIER, POWRED, DOWIER, DOWP, PEDRERO, POWRE, WEIRED, OWRIER, DROW, OWRIE, PORIER, ROWIE and 29 more. 13 of the 208 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PREWIRED, PREWIRE, WORDIE, REWORE, OWIE, PEDI, DEP, EEW, PERE, EW, ROID, PO and 1 more. 1 of the 208 answers is missing from Scrabble US: WOP.