Unscramble RIDGER and you have 44 words, RIDGER itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 8 points: GIRDER. 6 letters: 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
R1I1D2G23E1R1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RIDGER by length: 2 with 6 letters, 9 with 5, 8 with 4, 18 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of RIDGER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with RI · ending in ER · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GIRDER (8 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RIDGER 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIDGER itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 44) | 35 | 44 | 33 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 9 of them: RIDGER, DERIG, REIRD, DEG, GIRR, DEI, GER, IDE and DI. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: GRR and GI.
With one more tile, the letters of RIDGER spell the words below.