derailleur needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 11 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 250 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
derailleur is the highest-scoring word from derailleur, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 250 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in derailleur — and it is derailleur itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling derailleur produces exactly one eight-letter word: laureled. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in derailleur produces 17 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with earlier and readier. For points, 13 words tie at 8 points, including readier, allured and dallier.
Unscrambling derailleur turns up 47 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dealer, dearer and duller. For points, 39 words tie at 7 points, including dealer, dearer and duller.
There are 55 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in derailleur. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aired, drier and drill. For points, 38 words tie at 6 points, including aired, drier and drill.
Rearranging the letters in derailleur produces 74 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dare, deal and dear. For points, 45 words tie at 5 points, including dare, deal and dear.
Unscrambling derailleur turns up 41 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aid, air and all. For points, 16 words tie at 4 points, including aid, die and due.
There are 14 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in derailleur. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad and id. For points, 5 words tie at 3 points, including ad, id and da.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in derailleur plus one additional letter.
derailleur 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
derailleur is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing derailleur unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is derailleur, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from derailleur 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 derailleur produce 250 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 eight-letter word, 17 seven-letter words, 47 six-letter words, 55 five-letter words, 74 four-letter words, 41 three-letter words and 14 two-letter words.