Hidden inside padley is one standout: played, a six-letter play worth 12 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 68 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
PADLEY isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to PLAYED (verb, form of play), to engage in amusement or sport, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
played is the highest-scoring word from padley, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 68 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling padley produces exactly one six-letter word: played. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in padley. If a familiar word is all you need, start with delay. For points, the strongest play is payed — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in padley produces 16 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deal, lady and lead. For points, the strongest plays are paly, play, and yelp — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling padley turns up 30 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ape, aye and day. For points, 6 words tie at 8 points, including pay, yep and ply.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in padley. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad and ay. For points, the strongest plays are ay, ya, and ye — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
4 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in padley plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in padley 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.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is played, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from padley 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 padley produce 68 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 8 five-letter words, 16 four-letter words, 30 three-letter words and 13 two-letter words.