Hidden inside dearab is one standout: abrade, a six-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 51 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
DEARAB isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to ABRADE (verb), to wear away by friction, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
abrade is the highest-scoring word from dearab, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 51 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling dearab produces exactly one six-letter word: abrade. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 7 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in dearab. If a familiar word is all you need, start with beard and bread. For points, 7 words tie at 8 points, including beard, bread and ardeb.
Rearranging the letters in dearab produces 15 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with area, bade and bare. For points, 8 words tie at 7 points, including bade, bred and abed.
Unscrambling dearab turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, bad and bar. For points, the strongest plays are bad, bed, dab, and deb — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in dearab. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad and be. For points, the strongest plays are ab, ba, and be — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
3 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in dearab plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in dearab and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is abrade, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from dearab earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in dearab produce 51 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 7 five-letter words, 15 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.