Unscramble RIDGELINE and you have 257 words, RIDGELINE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 10, among them LINGERED, ENGIRDLE and GRIDELIN. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from RIDGELINE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 19 with 7, 58 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 13 with 2.
30 of 58 6-letter words from RIDGELINE tie at 8 points; none scores more. GENDER, LEGEND and RIDING will look familiar.
Of the 51 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RIDGELINE, 15 score 7 points, the group's best. GREEN, GENRE and RIDGE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RIDGELINE; 11 of them share the top score of 6. NEED, GIRL and EDGE are everyday picks.
Of the 50 3-letter words from RIDGELINE, 4 score 5 points, the group's best. END, RED and LED are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of RIDGELINE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with RI · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ENGIRDLE, LINGERED and REEDLING (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RIDGELINE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIDGELINE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 191 | 257 | 185 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
66 of the 257 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GRIDELIN, EILDING, GELIDER, GREINED, LEIDGER, DEEING, DERING, DIRIGE, ELDING, GERNED, GILDEN, LEIRING and 54 more. 6 of the 257 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EELING, REGIE, DENI, LEDE, NEG and GI.
These 2 words take every letter of RIDGELINE plus a single extra one.