Hidden inside yardear is one standout: arrayed, a seven-letter play worth 11 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 59 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
YARDEAR isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to ARRAYED (verb, form of array), to place in proper or desired order, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
arrayed is the highest-scoring word from yardear, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 59 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling yardear produces exactly one seven-letter word: arrayed. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 13 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in yardear. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dryer and ready. For points, 7 words tie at 9 points, including dryer, ready and deary.
Rearranging the letters in yardear produces 14 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with area, dare and dear. For points, the strongest plays are dray, dyer, and yard — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling yardear turns up 17 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, aye and day. For points, the strongest plays are day, dey, dry, and dye — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in yardear. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad and ay. For points, the strongest plays are ay, ya, and ye — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
Swap a single tile in yardear 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 arrayed, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from yardear 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 yardear produce 59 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 2 six-letter words, 13 five-letter words, 14 four-letter words, 17 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.