Unscramble CIDES and you have 35 words, CIDES itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of CIDES are on the page: CEDIS and DICES, each 8 points. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 7 points, DISC, DICE and ICED among them. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CIDES by length: 3 with 5 letters, 12 with 4, 13 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of CIDES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with CI · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CEDIS and DICES (8 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CIDES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIDES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 35) | 27 | 35 | 25 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CIDES, CIDE, CIDS, CID, DEI, IDE, SED and DI, 8 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DESI and EDS, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CIDES and one more.