drudgeries needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 275 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
drudgeries is the highest-scoring word from drudgeries, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 275 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in drudgeries — and it is drudgeries itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in drudgeries. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are dredgers, drudgers, and gridders, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in drudgeries produces 30 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are dredger, dredges, drudger and 2 more, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling drudgeries turns up 47 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with desire, guided, guides, and redder. For points, 6 words tie at 9 points, including guided, dredge and drudge.
There are 69 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in drudgeries. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deeds, deers and dried. For points, the strongest play is edged — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in drudgeries produces 71 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deed, deer and died. For points, 20 words tie at 6 points, including deed, died and digs.
Unscrambling drudgeries turns up 41 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with did, die and dig. For points, 6 words tie at 5 points, including did, dig and dug.
There are 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in drudgeries. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id, is, and us. For points, the strongest plays are de, ed, gi, and id — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
drudgeries 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for drudgeries. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 13 points on a Scrabble board:
drudgeries is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing drudgeries unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is drudgeries, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from drudgeries 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 drudgeries produce 275 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 6 eight-letter words, 30 seven-letter words, 47 six-letter words, 69 five-letter words, 71 four-letter words, 41 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.