Unscramble WINNARDS and you have 169 words, WINNARDS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are INWARDS, INDRAWN and WINNARD, 11 points each. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from WINNARDS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 9 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 13 with 2.
9 of 34 5-letter words from WINNARDS tie at 9 points; none scores more. DRAWN, WINDS and DRAIN will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WINNARDS, the top score is 8, reached by 10. SAID, WIND and AIDS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of WINNARDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with WI · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with INDRAWN and INWARDS (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts WINNARDS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINNARDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 132 | 169 | 126 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WINNARDS, WINNARD, WINDAS, WISARD, RAWNS, SWAD, WAID, WINNA, WINNS, RAWN, WAIS, WINN and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DANS, DAN, DAS, DA, RAI and SAN, 6 in all.