Unscramble STRIDEWAYS and you have 332 words, STRIDEWAYS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
S1T1R1I1D2E1W4A1Y43S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from STRIDEWAYS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 13 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in STRIDEWAYS: SWARDIEST, 13 points.
SIDEWAYS, TIDEWAYS and WAYSIDES are the top 8-letter words made with STRIDEWAYS letters, 15 points each. DISASTER, WAITRESS and STEWARDS will look familiar.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble STRIDEWAYS, SIDEWAY, TIDEWAY and WAYSIDE tie for first at 14 points. DIETARY, STEWARD and STRIDES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words from STRIDEWAYS, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. STAYED, STEADY and WAITED are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STRIDEWAYS; 4 of them share the top score of 12. READY, DIRTY and DIARY are everyday picks.
DEWY and WADY are the top 4-letter words from STRIDEWAYS, 11 points each. DAYS, EASY and WIDE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in STRIDEWAYS, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. WAS, DAY and WAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of STRIDEWAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with ST · ending in YS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SIDEWAYS, TIDEWAYS and WAYSIDES (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
STRIDEWAYS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRIDEWAYS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 332) | 247 | 332 | 235 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STRIDEWAYS, SWARDIEST, SWARDY, WEYARD, YAWIEST, DEAWY, SWEARY, TAWERY, WAYED, YAWIER, SAWDERS, SWEARDS and 73 more, 85 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: STEWY, WRISTED, SAYEDS, DRYAS, SAYED, ARTSIES, YAS, YER, EW, DAS, DA and TE, 12 in all.