Unscramble DAPHNIDS and you have 160 words, DAPHNIDS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. DAPHNID is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DAPHNIDS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 4 with 6, 21 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 17 with 2.
APHID scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DAPHNIDS at 11 points, ahead of APHIS and APISH on 10. HANDS, PAINS and HINDS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from DAPHNIDS; 8 of them share the top score of 9. SAID, HAND and SHIP are everyday picks.
Among 55 3-letter words in DAPHNIDS, the top score is 8, reached by 4. HAS, HAD and ADD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DAPHNIDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DA · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DISHPAN (13 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts DAPHNIDS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAPHNIDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 130 | 160 | 120 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 30 of them: DAPHNIDS, DAPHNID, AHIND, PAHS, SHAND, SIDHA, HADS, HAINS, NASHI, PANDS, HAIN, NISH and 18 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: SIDDHA, SIDH, AHIS, AHI, AHS, DANS, DAN, DAS, DA and SAN.