Unscramble DANDELION to get 234 words. DANDELION itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2A1N12D2E1L12I1O1N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DANDELION by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 35 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 26 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with DANDELION letters: NONIDEAL, 9 points.
Of the 35 6-letter words from DANDELION, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. ONLINE, LOADED and DENIAL are the ones most people know.
12 of 53 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DANDELION tie at 7 points; none scores more. ALONE, IDEAL and ALIEN will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from DANDELION; 6 of them share the top score of 6. LAND, DONE and LEAD are everyday picks.
5 of 54 3-letter words in DANDELION tie at 5 points; none scores more. ONE, ADD and DID will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DANDELION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DA · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
What DANDELION means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DANDELION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANDELION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 182 | 234 | 172 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
52 of the 234 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DINNLED, DAIDLE, DAINED, LAIDED, ADDIO, DALED, DINNAE, DINNLE, DOLINA, DOLINE, ENODAL, LINNED and 40 more. 10 of the 234 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LOIDED, ONLINE, DENI, DINO, LOID, OLDE, DAN, ODA, DA and OI.
These 2 words take every letter of DANDELION plus a single extra one.