Hidden inside edified sit deified and edified, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 12 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 24 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
deified and edified tie for the highest Scrabble score from edified at 12 points. The top 10 of 24 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 seven-letter words hiding in edified: one comes from rearranging its letters, and edified 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 deified and edified, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling edified produces exactly one six-letter word: defied. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling edified produces exactly one five-letter word: didie. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 7 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in edified produces 5 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deed, died, and feed. For points, the strongest plays are defi and feed — 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 edified turns up 9 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with did, die, fed, and fee. For points, the strongest plays are def, dif, fed, and fid — 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 6 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in edified. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id and if. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and if — each worth 5 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 edified 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.
edified 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 edified carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record one sense for edified. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
edified is one of two seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing edified unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are deified and edified, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from edified 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 edified produce 24 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 1 six-letter word, 1 five-letter word, 5 four-letter words, 9 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.