Hidden inside derive sit derive and reived, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 43 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
derive and reived tie for the highest Scrabble score from derive at 10 points. The top 10 of 43 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in derive: one comes from rearranging its letters, and derive itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are derive and reived, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 5 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in derive. If a familiar word is all you need, start with drive. For points, the strongest plays are diver, drive, and rived — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in derive produces 17 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deer, dive, ever, and ride. For points, the strongest plays are devi, dive, vide, and vied — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling derive turns up 14 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, eve, red, and rid. For points, the strongest plays are dev and vid — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 5 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in derive. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id. 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 derive 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.
derive 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.
Dictionaries record five senses for derive. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
derive is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing derive unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are derive and reived, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from derive 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 derive produce 43 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 5 five-letter words, 17 four-letter words, 14 three-letter words and 5 two-letter words.