Hidden inside peridex is one standout: expired, a seven-letter play worth 17 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 61 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
PERIDEX isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to EXPIRED (verb, form of expire), to come to an end, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
expired is the highest-scoring word from peridex, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 61 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling peridex produces exactly one seven-letter word: expired. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
There are 7 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in peridex. If a familiar word is all you need, start with pride. For points, the strongest play is dexie — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in peridex produces 22 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deep, deer and drip. For points, the strongest play is prex — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling peridex turns up 20 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, dip and pee. For points, the strongest play is pix — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in peridex. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ex and id. For points, the strongest plays are ex and xi — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
4 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in peridex plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in peridex 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 expired, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from peridex 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 peridex produce 61 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 2 six-letter words, 7 five-letter words, 22 four-letter words, 20 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.