Unscramble PREDIES and you have 165 words, PREDIES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: PRESIDE, SPEIRED and SPIERED. The best shorter words score 9: 10 of them, SPIDER, PRIDES and PRISED included. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. PREDIES as a single 7-tile play makes 60 in Scrabble, 10 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from PREDIES by length: 4 with 7 letters, 15 with 6, 46 with 5, 53 with 4, 35 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Of the 46 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PREDIES, 14 score 8 points, the group's best. SPEED, PRIDE and RIDES are the ones most people know.
9 of 53 4-letter words from PREDIES tie at 7 points; none scores more. SIDE, DEEP and RISE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PREDIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PRESIDE, SPEIRED and SPIERED (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PREDIES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREDIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 139 | 165 | 131 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: PREDIES, RISPED, SPREED, EPRISE, ESPIER, SPIDE, SPRED, EPRIS, DERES, IDEES, PIRS, PISE and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: PEDIS, DEPS, PEDI, PERES, DEP, PERE, DESI and EDS.
These 12 words take every letter of PREDIES plus a single extra one.