Hidden inside validy is one standout: avidly, a six-letter play worth 13 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 34 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble VIDYAL, DIALYV or ADILVY and you get the same 6 letters as VALIDY: so the words from VALIDY listed below are the words from those scrambles too.
VALIDY isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to AVIDLY (adverb), in an avid manner, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
avidly is the highest-scoring word from validy, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 34 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling validy produces exactly one six-letter word: avidly. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in validy produces 11 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dial, lady, and laid. For points, the strongest play is davy — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in validy. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, ay, and id. For points, the strongest plays are ay and ya — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
2 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in validy plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in validy 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.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is avidly, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from validy 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 validy produce 34 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 2 five-letter words, 11 four-letter words, 11 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.