Hidden inside ndgeave is one standout: avenged, a seven-letter play worth 12 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 76 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
NDGEAVE isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to AVENGED (verb, form of avenge), to exact retribution for, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
avenged is the highest-scoring word from ndgeave, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 76 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling ndgeave produces exactly one seven-letter word: avenged. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ndgeave. If a familiar word is all you need, start with vegan. For points, 8 words tie at 9 points, including vegan, daven and deave.
Rearranging the letters in ndgeave produces 25 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aged, edge and even. For points, 5 words tie at 8 points, including gave, deva and vang.
Unscrambling ndgeave turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, and and end. For points, the strongest plays are dev and veg — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
1 eight-letter word can be made using all the letters in ndgeave plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in ndgeave 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 avenged, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ndgeave 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 ndgeave produce 76 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 3 six-letter words, 11 five-letter words, 25 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.