Hidden inside kidder sit dirked and kidder, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 12 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 32 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
dirked and kidder tie for the highest Scrabble score from kidder at 12 points. The top 10 of 32 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in kidder: one comes from rearranging its letters, and kidder itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are dirked and kidder, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 5 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in kidder. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dried. For points, the strongest play is diked — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in kidder produces 10 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with died and ride. For points, the strongest plays are dike, dirk, and drek — 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 kidder turns up 9 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with did, die, kid, red, and rid. For points, the strongest play is kid — worth 8 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 kidder. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id. For points, the strongest play is ki — worth 6 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 kidder and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
kidder 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 kidder carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
kidder is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing kidder unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are dirked and kidder, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from kidder 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 kidder produce 32 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 5 five-letter words, 10 four-letter words, 9 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.