Jumble solved
Unscramble DEAR — 16 words
The letters DEAR rearrange into 3 full anagrams and 16 words in total.
- Total words
- 16
- Full anagrams
- 3
- Longest answer
- 4 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 2
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (E, A) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 2 remaining consonants (D, R).
dear in a sentence
“The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of DEAR
3 words use all 4 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
4-letter words
3 words found- dare5
- dear5
- read5
3-letter words
5 words found- are3
- ear3
- era3
- rad4
- red4
2-letter words
8 words found- ad3
- ae2
- ar2
- da3
- de3
- ed3
- er2
- re2
Words hidden inside DEAR
Without moving a single letter, reading dear straight through uncovers 1 shorter word — ear. The longest unbroken run is ear.
- ear3
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble dare, unscramble read.
Shorter words inside DEAR — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DEAR
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and dear opens up 69 5-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
- acred8
- adder7
- adore6
- aider6
- aired6
- alder6
- arced8
- ardeb8
- armed8
- barde8
- bared8
- beard8
- bread8
- cadre8
- cared8
- cedar8
- dared7
- darer6
- dares6
- dater6
- deair6
- dears6
- deary9
- debar8
- denar6
- derat6
- deray9
- derma8
- dewar9
- drake10
- drape8
- drave9
- dread7
- dream8
- drear6
- eared6
- fader9
- fared9
- grade7
- hared9
- heard9
- irade6
- lader6
- madre8
- oared6
- oread6
- padre8
- pared8
- raced8
- raged7
- raked10
- raped8
- rared6
- rased6
- rated6
- raved9
- raxed13
- rayed9
- razed15
- readd7
- reads6
- ready9
- redan6
- redia6
- tared6
- trade6
- tread6
- wader9
- wared9
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
- dare5
- dear5
- read5
- rad4
- red4
- are3
- ear3
- era3
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
4
Distinct
4
Vowels
50%
E, A
Consonants
50%
D, R
Solving DEAR: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters dear?
Rearranging the 4 letters in dear produces 16 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 4-letter answer dare here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does dear have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 4 letters, dear can be rearranged into 3 words: dare, dear and read. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from dear?
The longest solutions run to 4 letters: dare, dear and read. Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from dear?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: dear yields are, ear, era, rad, red, ad, ae, ar, da and de. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "dear" used in a sentence?
Dear is itself a valid word. For example: "The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from dear scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, dare is the top scorer from dear at 5 points, followed by dear (5), read (5) and rad (4). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside dear?
Read left to right without moving any letters and dear already contains 1 shorter word: ear. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is ear. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.