Unscramble TRIDACTYL to get 212 words. TRIDACTYL itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ACRIDLY and DACTYLI lead with 13 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from TRIDACTYL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 15 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in TRIDACTYL: TILTYARD, 12 points.
Among 58 5-letter words from TRIDACTYL, the top score is 11, reached by 5. DAILY, TRIAL and TRAIL are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TRIDACTYL tie at 9 points; none scores more. CITY, CARD and CART will look familiar.
Among 53 3-letter words from TRIDACTYL, the top score is 8, reached by 4. DAY, CAR and ART are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of TRIDACTYL for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with TR · ending in YL · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACRIDLY and DACTYLI (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
TRIDACTYL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRIDACTYL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 212) | 170 | 212 | 157 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: CARDY, CLARTY, DARCY, DITTAY, CRAY, RICY, ADRY, CALID, CARDI, CLY, DIACT, DIYA and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: TRIDACTYL, YCLAD, LYCRA, RATTILY, TALCY, TARTILY, LAIRY, CLIT, CRIA, CRIT, CAL, DA and 1 more.