Unscramble RIBALDRY to get 138 words. RIBALDRY itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. RABIDLY is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
R1I1B34A1L12D2R1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from RIBALDRY split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 27 with 5, 50 with 4, 35 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 50 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RIBALDRY, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. BIRD, LADY and RAIL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RIBALDRY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RI · ending in RY · all 8-letter words
RIBALDRY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. RIBALDRY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIBALDRY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 138) | 115 | 137 | 110 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: BARDY, BLADY, BLAY, BRAIRD, LABRID, ADRY, DIYA, ABID, BLAD, LYRA, RYAL, YAD and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: BARRY, LAIRY, RABI, DA and RAI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: BIRDY.