unedifying needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 18 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 152 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
unedifying is the highest-scoring word from unedifying, worth 18 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 152 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in unedifying — and it is unedifying itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
There are 4 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in unedifying. If a familiar word is all you need, start with defining. For points, the strongest plays are deifying and edifying — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in unedifying produces 12 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with denying and finding. For points, the strongest plays are defying and dignify — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling unedifying turns up 18 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dining, dyeing, and ending. For points, the strongest plays are ignify and nidify — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 34 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in unedifying. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dying, fudge and funny. For points, the strongest play is fudgy — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in unedifying produces 28 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deny, dine and find. For points, the strongest play is defy — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling unedifying turns up 42 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, dig and due. For points, the strongest play is fey — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in unedifying. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id, if, and in. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, if, and ye — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
unedifying 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for unedifying. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 18 points on a Scrabble board:
unedifying is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing unedifying unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is unedifying, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and no other word from unedifying 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 unedifying produce 152 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 4 eight-letter words, 12 seven-letter words, 18 six-letter words, 34 five-letter words, 28 four-letter words, 42 three-letter words and 13 two-letter words.