90 words come out when you unscramble DACTYLS, starting with DACTYLS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 7 letters, 1 vowel and 6 consonants. DACTYLS as a single 7-tile play makes 63 in Scrabble, 13 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DACTYLS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 14 with 5, 33 with 4, 31 with 3 and 10 with 2.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words made with DACTYLS letters: DACTYL, 12 points.
Of the 33 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DACTYLS, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. LAST, DAYS and STAY are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of DACTYLS, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with DA · ending in LS · all 7-letter words
What DACTYLS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DACTYLS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DACTYLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 90) | 80 | 90 | 72 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
10 of the 90 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLY, YADS, CLATS, TAYS, YAD, CLAT, DALTS, TAY, DALT and ST. 8 of the 90 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: YCLAD, TALCY, CALS, YAS, CAL, DAS, ATS and DA.
Each word below uses all the letters of DACTYLS and one more.