Hidden inside maldeer is one standout: emerald, a seven-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 113 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
MALDEER isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to EMERALD (noun), a bird of genus Chlorostilbon, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
emerald is the highest-scoring word from maldeer, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 113 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling maldeer produces exactly one seven-letter word: emerald. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 19 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in maldeer. If a familiar word is all you need, start with armed, dream, lamer, and medal. For points, 9 words tie at 8 points, including armed, dream and medal.
Rearranging the letters in maldeer produces 40 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dare, deal and dear. For points, 9 words tie at 7 points, including made, dame and deem.
Unscrambling maldeer turns up 30 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, arm and ear. For points, the strongest plays are dam, mad, and med — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in maldeer. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, am, and me. For points, the strongest plays are am, em, ma, and me — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
9 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in maldeer plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in maldeer 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.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is emerald, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from maldeer 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 maldeer produce 113 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 8 six-letter words, 19 five-letter words, 40 four-letter words, 30 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.