Unscramble SLIDDER and you have 120 words, SLIDDER itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: DREIDLS and RIDDLES. 5 shorter words score 8, among them RIDDLE, SIDLED and DIRLED. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of SLIDDER in one turn: 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50), 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SLIDDER by length: 3 with 7 letters, 8 with 6, 30 with 5, 41 with 4, 27 with 3 and 11 with 2.
6 of 30 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SLIDDER tie at 7 points; none scores more. SLIDE, RIDES and DRIED will look familiar.
DEID, DIED and REDD share the top score of 6 among the 4-letter words from SLIDDER. SIDE, RISE and RIDE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SLIDDER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with SL · ending in ER · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DREIDLS and RIDDLES (9 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SLIDDER is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLIDDER itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 120) | 99 | 120 | 97 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
21 of the 120 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SLIDDER, SLIDED, DEIDS, DEID, DIELS, EILDS, SIDER, SIELD, SILED, EILD, LEIRS, SELD and 9 more. 2 of the 120 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DESI and EDS.
These 12 words take every letter of SLIDDER plus a single extra one.