Hidden inside laude sit auld, dale, deal and 7 others, four-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 5 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 29 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
auld, dale, deal and 0 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from laude at 5 points. The top 10 of 29 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in laude produces 10 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deal and lead. For points, 10 words tie at 5 points, including deal, lead and auld.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are auld, dale, deal, dual, duel, lade, laud, lead, leud, and lude, worth 5 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from laude 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 laude produce 29 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 10 four-letter words, 11 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.