Unscramble SMOULDRY to get 178 words. SMOULDRY itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are MOULDY and DRUMLY, 12 points each. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1M34O1U12L12D2R1Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SMOULDRY split into 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 5-letter words made with SMOULDRY letters, DORMY and MOLDY tie for first at 11 points. DRUMS, LORDS and MOLDS are everyday picks.
DOMY tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SMOULDRY at 10 points; next come LYMS and MOLY on 9. LORD, DRUM and LOUD will look familiar.
Of the 59 3-letter words from SMOULDRY, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. OLD, DRY and SUM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SMOULDRY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SM · ending in RY · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DRUMLY and MOULDY (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SMOULDRY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMOULDRY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 124 | 178 | 109 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
54 of the 178 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SMOULDRY, DOMY, DUROYS, MOYLS, MURLY, DRUSY, DUROY, LORDY, LYMS, MOYL, MOYS, SOMY and 42 more. 15 of the 178 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MOLYS, RUMLY, SUMY, RYUS, YOUS, DUM, LUDOS, MUSO, RYU, LUDO, LUDS, SOM and 3 more.