Hidden inside durag sit durag and guard, five-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 7 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 22 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
durag and guard tie for the highest Scrabble score from durag at 7 points. The top 10 of 22 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 five-letter words hiding in durag: one comes from rearranging its letters, and durag itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with guard. For points, the strongest plays are durag and guard — 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 durag produces 8 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with drag and drug. For points, the strongest plays are drag, drug, gaud, and grad — 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 durag turns up 8 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dug, rag, and rug. For points, the strongest plays are dag, dug, and gad — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 4 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in durag. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad. For points, the strongest plays are ad, ag, and da — 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 durag and you get a different five-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 4 of the 5 letters, not all of them.
durag is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, but not in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it plays in Scrabble only.
durag is one of two five-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing durag unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are durag and guard, worth 7 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from durag 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 durag produce 22 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 five-letter words, 8 four-letter words, 8 three-letter words and 4 two-letter words.