Hidden inside playted is one standout: adeptly, a seven-letter play worth 13 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 126 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble PLYATED, DELAPTY or PYLATED and you get the same 7 letters as PLAYTED: so the words from PLAYTED listed below are the words from those scrambles too.
PLAYTED isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to ADEPTLY (adverb), in an adept manner, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
adeptly is the highest-scoring word from playted, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 126 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling playted produces exactly one seven-letter word: adeptly. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 27 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in playted. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dealt, delay and leapt. For points, the strongest plays are payed and typed — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in playted produces 32 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with date, deal and lady. For points, 5 words tie at 9 points, including play, type and paly.
Unscrambling playted turns up 47 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ape, ate and aye. For points, 6 words tie at 8 points, including pay, yep and ply.
There are 17 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in playted. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, at, and ay. For points, the strongest plays are ay, ya, and ye — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
3 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in playted plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in playted 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 adeptly, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from playted 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 playted produce 126 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 2 six-letter words, 27 five-letter words, 32 four-letter words, 47 three-letter words and 17 two-letter words.