derriere needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 9 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 32 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
derriere is the highest-scoring word from derriere, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 32 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in derriere — and it is derriere itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling derriere produces exactly one seven-letter word: reedier. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling derriere produces exactly one six-letter word: eerier. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in derriere. If a familiar word is all you need, start with drier. For points, the strongest plays are direr, drier, eider, erred, and rider — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in derriere produces 9 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deer and ride. For points, the strongest plays are deer, dere, dire, dree, eide, ired, rede, reed, and ride — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling derriere turns up 9 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, red, and rid. For points, the strongest plays are dee, die, red, and rid — each worth 4 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 derriere. 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.
1 nine-letter word can be made using all the letters in derriere plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in derriere and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
derriere 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in derriere carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record one sense for derriere. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 9 points on a Scrabble board:
derriere is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing derriere unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is derriere, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from derriere 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 derriere produce 32 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 1 seven-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 6 five-letter words, 9 four-letter words, 9 three-letter words and 5 two-letter words.