Hidden inside studlier sit diluters and studlier, eight-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 294 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
diluters and studlier tie for the highest Scrabble score from studlier at 9 points. The top 10 of 294 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 eight-letter words hiding in studlier: one comes from rearranging its letters, and studlier itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are diluters and studlier, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in studlier produces 11 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are diluter, dilutes, duelist and 5 more, each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling studlier turns up 36 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with driest, duties and listed. For points, 21 words tie at 7 points, including driest, duties and listed.
There are 77 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in studlier. If a familiar word is all you need, start with delis, diets and dries. For points, 44 words tie at 6 points, including delis, diets and dries.
Rearranging the letters in studlier produces 103 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deli, dies and diet. For points, 47 words tie at 5 points, including deli, dies and diet.
Unscrambling studlier turns up 49 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, due and ids. For points, 16 words tie at 4 points, including die, due and ids.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in studlier. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id, is, it, and us. For points, the strongest plays are de, ed, and id — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
1 nine-letter word can be made using all the letters in studlier plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in studlier and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
studlier 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
studlier is one of two eight-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing studlier unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are diluters and studlier, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from studlier 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 studlier produce 294 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 eight-letter words, 11 seven-letter words, 36 six-letter words, 77 five-letter words, 103 four-letter words, 49 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.