Hidden inside minded sit midden and minded, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 35 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
midden and minded tie for the highest Scrabble score from minded at 10 points. The top 10 of 35 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in minded: one comes from rearranging its letters, and minded itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with minded. For points, the strongest plays are midden and minded — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 4 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in minded. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dined. For points, the strongest plays are denim and mined — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in minded produces 10 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with died, dime, dine, mind, and mine. For points, the strongest plays are dime, idem, mend, and mind — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling minded turns up 10 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with did, die, end, and men. For points, the strongest plays are dim, med, and mid — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in minded. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id, in, and me. For points, the strongest plays are em, me, and mi — each worth 4 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 minded 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.
minded 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.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record two senses for minded. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
minded is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing minded unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are midden and minded, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from minded 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 minded produce 35 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 4 five-letter words, 10 four-letter words, 10 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.