Unscramble RUDDLEMAN and you have 283 words, RUDDLEMAN itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
R1U12D2D2L12E1M34A1N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from RUDDLEMAN by length: 1 with 9 letters, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 60 6-letter words in RUDDLEMAN, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. DEMAND, LADDER and NEURAL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RUDDLEMAN, the top score is 8, reached by 21. NAMED, DREAM and ARMED are the familiar ones.
13 of 60 4-letter words from RUDDLEMAN tie at 7 points; none scores more. NAME, MADE and MEAN will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RUDDLEMAN, the top score is 6, reached by 5. ARE, ADD and END are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of RUDDLEMAN for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with RU · ending in AN · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MUDDLER (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RUDDLEMAN, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUDDLEMAN itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 283) | 218 | 283 | 207 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MAUNDED, DUMELA, MANRED, MURLED, NURDLED, RANDEM, RUNDLED, UNMARD, DAURED, DEMAN, DUNDER, LEDUM and 53 more, 65 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RUDDLEMAN, MURALED, LARNED, RAMEN, RELAND, DENAR, DUM, LUMA, DAN, LUD and DA, 11 in all.