Hidden inside duendes sit denudes, dudeens, and duendes, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 71 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
denudes, dudeens, and duendes tie for the highest Scrabble score from duendes at 9 points. The top 10 of 71 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 3 seven-letter words hiding in duendes: two come from rearranging its letters, and duendes itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are denudes, dudeens, and duendes, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling duendes turns up 9 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with sudden. For points, the strongest plays are denude, dudeen, duende, endued, sended, sudden, and sueded — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 13 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in duendes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deeds, dudes, ended, and needs. For points, the strongest plays are deeds, dudes, and ended — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in duendes produces 22 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deed, dude, ends, need, nude, seed, and seen. For points, the strongest plays are deed, dude, duds, and sudd — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling duendes turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with due, end, see, sue, sun, and use. For points, the strongest play is dud — worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in duendes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with us. For points, the strongest plays are de and ed — 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 duendes and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
duendes 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.
duendes is one of three seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing duendes unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are denudes, dudeens, and duendes, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from duendes 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 duendes produce 71 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 3 seven-letter words, 9 six-letter words, 13 five-letter words, 22 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.