CRADLES

What It Scores

CRADLES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 R1 A1 D2 L1 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of CRADLES (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

RECLADS SCALDER

Words Made From The Letters In CRADLES

207 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (19)

ALDERS CADRES CARLES CEDARS CLADES CLEARS CRADLE CREDAL DECALS LACERS LADERS RECALS RECLAD SACRED SARDEL SCALED SCALER SCARED SCLERA

5 letter words (60)

4 letter words (70)

3 letter words (44)

ACE ADS ALE ALS ARC ARD ARE ARS CAD CAR CEL DAE DAL DAS DEL EAR EAS EDS ELD ELS ERA ERS LAC LAD LAR LAS LEA LED LES RAD RAS REC RED RES SAC SAD SAE SAL SAR SEA SEC SED SEL SER

2 letter words (14)

AD AE AL AR AS DA DE EA ED EL ER ES LA RE

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.