Unscramble CANDIDEST to get 301 words. CANDIDEST itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 13 points: DEDICANTS, DISCANTED and DISTANCED. DEDICANT is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CANDIDEST by length: 4 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Of the 28 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CANDIDEST, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. INSTEAD, STAINED and ADDICTS are the ones most people know.
9 of 60 6-letter words from CANDIDEST tie at 10 points; none scores more. INSECT, DANCES and STANCE will look familiar.
The 5-letter words from CANDIDEST are led by CIDED, DECAD and DICED, 9 points each. DANCE, DATED and CITED are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in CANDIDEST, 16 score 7 points, the group's best. CASE, NICE and DEAD are the ones most people know.
CAD and CID are the top 3-letter words made with CANDIDEST letters, 6 points each. CAN, ITS and ADD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CANDIDEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
What CANDIDEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CANDIDEST works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANDIDEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 301) | 235 | 301 | 211 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
66 of the 301 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEDICANTS, DEDICANT, ACIDEST, DECADS, DICTED, CADIES, CANDIE, CANIEST, CASTED, CIDED, DECAD, DIACTS and 54 more. 24 of the 301 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANCIEST, DACITES, CISTED, CNIDAE, DACITE, DECANI, DECANS, NIDATED, CENTAI, CENTAS, CNIDA, DECAN and 12 more.
These 3 words take every letter of CANDIDEST plus a single extra one.