Hidden inside derdog is one standout: dodger, a six-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 41 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
DERDOG isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to DODGER (noun), one that dodges, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
dodger is the highest-scoring word from derdog, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 41 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling derdog produces exactly one six-letter word: dodger. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in derdog produces 12 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with rode. For points, the strongest plays are doge, dreg, eddo, and redd — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling derdog turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dog, ego and god. For points, the strongest plays are dog, ged, god, and odd — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
3 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in derdog plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in derdog 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 dodger, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from derdog 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 derdog produce 41 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 3 five-letter words, 12 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.