Hidden inside ridden sit ridden and rinded, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 38 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ridden and rinded tie for the highest Scrabble score from ridden at 8 points. The top 10 of 38 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in ridden: one comes from rearranging its letters, and ridden itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ridden. For points, the strongest plays are ridden and rinded — 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 5 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ridden. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dined, diner, and dried. For points, the strongest plays are dined, dried, nided, and redid — each 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 ridden produces 12 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with died, dine, nerd, and ride. For points, the strongest plays are died 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 ridden turns up 11 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with did, die, end, red, and rid. For points, the strongest play is did — worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in ridden. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id and in. For points, the strongest plays are de, ed, and id — 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 ridden 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.
ridden 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.
ridden is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing ridden unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are ridden and rinded, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from ridden 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 ridden produce 38 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 5 five-letter words, 12 four-letter words, 11 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.