RAIDERS Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What RAIDERS Means

RAIDERS is a form of RAIDER, which means:

noun: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
noun: a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RAIDERS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 A1 I1 D2 E1 R1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of RAIDERS (1)

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

ARRIDES

Words Made From The Letters In RAIDERS

178 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 (26)

AIDERS AIRERS ARDRIS ARIDER ARRIDE ARSIER DARERS DARRES DEAIRS DERRIS DREARS DRIERS IRADES RAIDER RAIRDS RAISED RAISER REDIAS REIRDS RESAID RIDERS SAIRED SAIRER SIERRA SIRDAR SIRRED

5 letter words (44)

4 letter words (53)

3 letter words (39)

ADS AID AIR AIS ARD ARE ARS DAE DAS DEI DIE DIS EAR EAS EDS ERA ERR ERS IDE IDS IRE RAD RAI RAS RED REI RES RIA RID SAD SAE SAI SAR SEA SED SEI SER SIR SRI

2 letter words (16)

AD AE AI AR AS DA DE DI EA ED ER ES ID IS RE SI

Next: the full rack page for these seven tiles, and the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.

RAIDERS