Hidden inside nodder sit droned and nodder, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 45 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
droned and nodder tie for the highest Scrabble score from nodder at 8 points. The top 10 of 45 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in nodder: one comes from rearranging its letters, and nodder 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 droned and nodder, each worth 8 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 nodder. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is odder, worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in nodder produces 11 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with done, nerd, and rode. For points, the strongest plays are eddo and redd — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling nodder turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with end, nor, odd, one, red, and rod. For points, the strongest play is odd — worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nodder. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, no, on, and or. For points, the strongest plays are de, do, ed, and od — each worth 3 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 nodder 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.
nodder 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 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
nodder is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing nodder unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are droned and nodder, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from nodder 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 nodder produce 45 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 4 five-letter words, 11 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.