Hidden inside goaud sit gaud and goad, four-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 6 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 20 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble DOUGA, AGUOD or AOGUD and you get the same 5 letters as GOAUD: so the words from GOAUD listed below are the words from those scrambles too.
gaud and goad tie for the highest Scrabble score from goaud at 6 points. The top 10 of 20 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are gaud and goad, worth 6 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from goaud 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 goaud produce 20 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 four-letter words, 12 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.