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Unscramble FRAYED: 64 words from the letters F R A Y E D

FRAYED is an anagram of DEFRAY. The letters make 64 words in total, 44 of them common.

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6-letter words using every letter (2)

Shorter words from FRAYED

3-letter words (24)

  • fry9 points
  • day7 points
  • dry7 points
  • fed7 points
  • far6 points
  • red4 points
  • are3 points
  • ray6 points
  • ear3 points
  • era3 points
  • dye7 points
  • fad7 points
  • aye6 points
  • rye6 points
  • fer6 points
  • ref6 points
  • fey9 points
  • yea6 points
  • fay9 points
  • dey7 points
  • rya6 points
  • arf6 points
  • yar6 points
  • rad4 points

5-letter words (8)

  • ready9 points
  • fared9 points
  • deary9 points
  • fader9 points
  • fayed12 points
  • faery11 points
  • deray9 points
  • rayed9 points

4-letter words (18)

  • fear7 points
  • year7 points
  • dare5 points
  • dear5 points
  • read5 points
  • defy11 points
  • deaf8 points
  • yard8 points
  • fare7 points
  • fray10 points
  • fade8 points
  • dray8 points
  • dyer8 points
  • aery7 points
  • fard8 points
  • eyra7 points
  • frae7 points
  • yare7 points

2-letter words (12)

  • re2 points
  • ad3 points
  • fa5 points
  • ye5 points
  • er2 points
  • ya5 points
  • de3 points
  • ay5 points
  • ef5 points
  • ed3 points
  • ae2 points
  • ar2 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 64
  • By usage: 30 very common, 14 common, 20 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. defray 13
  2. frayed 13
  3. fayed 12
  4. defy 11
  5. faery 11
  6. fray 10
  7. deary 9
  8. deray 9
  9. fader 9
  10. fared 9

Most common

  1. fry
  2. ready
  3. day
  4. dry
  5. fear
  6. fed
  7. year
  8. far
  9. dare
  10. dear

Definitions

frayed (adjective)
Worn away or tattered along the edges.
defray (verb)
Bear the expenses of.

FRAYED is a six-letter word, and its letters hide 64 others. This page lists them all, grouped by length so you can see at a glance whether a long play is available or whether a shorter word is the best you can do. Scores use classic tile values. If your actual rack is slightly different, edit the letters in the search box and the tool will recompute the list on the spot.

How to use this page

Start at the top for the longest and highest-scoring words, work down for shorter plays, and use the search box to test variations with a blank or a different letter.

Tips

Studying a rack like FRAYED is a good vocabulary exercise. Cover the list, write down every word you can find in two minutes, then compare with the page and read the definitions for the ones you missed. The words you learn this way come back the next time the same letters appear on your rack, which happens more often than you would expect with common letters. Repeat with a few of the linked words for extra practice, and keep a note of the ones that surprised you.

Questions

How many words can you make from FRAYED?

64 words, using our dictionary. 1 of them use every letter and the rest are shorter words formed from some of the tiles. Every one of them is listed on this page.

What is the highest-scoring word from the letters of FRAYED?

DEFRAY, at 13 points with classic tile values. That ignores board multipliers, so check where each candidate would land before choosing.