The letters in PLAYED make 66 words of two letters or more. The longest is PLAYED at 6 letters, and the highest-scoring is PLAYED at 12 points.
No other single word uses all 6 letters of PLAYED. PLAYED has 6 letters: 2 vowels and 4 consonants, worth 12 points before any board bonuses.
6-letter words 1
5-letter words 8
delay9layed9leady9padle8paled8payed11pedal8plead8
4-letter words 16
aped7dale5deal5lade5lady8lead5leap6pale6paly9peal6play9plea6pled7yald8yeld8yelp9
3-letter words 29
ale3alp5ape5aye6dal4dap6day7del4dey7dye7eld4lad4lap5lay6lea3led4ley6lye6pad6pal5pay8pea5ped6ply8pya8pye8yap8yea6yep8
2-letter words 12
ad3ae2al2ay5de3ed3el2la2pa4pe4ya5ye5
Words are from our open word list and include some game-only words. Rude words are left out of this page; the unscrambler shows every valid word, lets you add blank tiles and filter by length.