What It Scores
PADS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 D2 S1.
Anagrams of PADS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In PADS
13 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.
3 letter words (9)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing PADS
PADS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.