424 words come out when you unscramble SPREADINGLY, starting with SPREADINGLY itself: 18 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DAYSPRING and PARGYLINES, 16 points each. It has 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SPREADINGLY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 28 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
PARGYLINES is the only one of the 10-letter words made with SPREADINGLY letters; it scores 16 points.
Among the 9-letter words in SPREADINGLY, DAYSPRING leads with 16 points, then DISPLAYER and PARGYLINE on 15. SPREADING and PLEADINGS are the familiar ones.
PREDYING scores highest among the 8-letter words from SPREADINGLY at 15 points, ahead of DYSPNEAL and ENDPLAYS on 14. PLEASING, REPLYING and SPRAYING are the ones most people know.
GYPSIED tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SPREADINGLY at 14 points; next come DISPLAY and DYSPNEA on 13. PLAYERS, PLAYING and RAPIDLY will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from SPREADINGLY, the top score is 12, reached by 18. PLAYER, PLAYED and PAYING are the familiar ones.
16 of 60 5-letter words in SPREADINGLY tie at 11 points; none scores more. REPLY, DAILY and PLAYS will look familiar.
GAPY and GYPS share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words made with SPREADINGLY letters. DAYS, PLAY and LADY are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SPREADINGLY, GYP leads with 9 points, then PAY and PLY on 8. ANY, DAY and GAY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SPREADINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with SP · ending in LY · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DISPLAYER, PARLEYING, RASPINGLY, REDISPLAY, REPLAYING and SPARINGLY (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: SPREADINGLY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPREADINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 424) | 314 | 423 | 294 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
110 of the 424 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPREADINGLY, PREDYING, PANDERLY, PLAYINGS, PRAYINGS, YELDRINGS, YELPINGS, DAYGIRLS, DELAPSING, DERAYING, GILPEYS, PAYINGS and 98 more. 19 of the 424 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DAYSPRING, DISPLAYER, ENDPLAYS, ENDPLAY, EPIGYNA, SYRINGEAL, PRESIGNAL, SPENDY, DANGLY, LIPREADS, YEPS, YAGE and 7 more. 1 of the 424 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARPINGS.
These 2 words take every letter of SPREADINGLY plus a single extra one.