Hidden inside denied sit denied and indeed, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 27 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
denied and indeed tie for the highest Scrabble score from denied at 8 points. The top 10 of 27 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in denied: one comes from rearranging its letters, and denied itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. Here the everyday answers and the top-scoring plays are one and the same: denied and indeed, worth 8 points apiece in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 4 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in denied. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dined and ended. For points, the strongest plays are dined, ended, and nided — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in denied produces 8 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deed, died, dine, and need. For points, the strongest plays are deed and died — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling denied turns up 7 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with did, die, and end. For points, the strongest play is did — worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 6 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in denied. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id and in. For points, the strongest plays are de, ed, and id — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in denied 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.
denied is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
denied is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing denied unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are denied and indeed, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from denied 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 denied produce 27 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 4 five-letter words, 8 four-letter words, 7 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.