141 words come out when you unscramble SWADDIES, starting with SWADDIES itself: 13 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. SWADDIE and WADDIES are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Counting the words from SWADDIES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 9 with 6, 30 with 5, 47 with 4, 35 with 3 and 16 with 2.
4 of 30 5-letter words from SWADDIES tie at 10 points; none scores more. IDEAS, SIDES and ASIDE will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SWADDIES, DAWD and WADD tie for first at 9 points. SAID, SIDE and WIDE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SWADDIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SW · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; WADDIES (12 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SWADDIES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWADDIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 101 | 141 | 95 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
40 of the 141 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWADDIES, SWADDIE, DAWDS, WADDS, DAWD, DEAWS, SADDIES, SWADS, WADD, WAIDE, WEIDS, ADDIES and 28 more. 6 of the 141 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DESIS, DESI, EW, DAS, EDS and DA.
Each word below uses all the letters of SWADDIES and one more.