Unscramble DEMYSTIFY and you have 191 words, DEMYSTIFY itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. MYSTIFY is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
D2E1M34Y43S1T1I1F4Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DEMYSTIFY split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 11 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEMYSTIFY, MIFTY and STYMY tie for first at 13 points. ITEMS, TIMES and EDITS are everyday picks.
DEFY tops the 4-letter words from DEMYSTIFY at 11 points; next come DEMY and EMYD on 10. TIME, ITEM and EDIT will look familiar.
FEY scores highest among the 3-letter words in DEMYSTIFY at 9 points, ahead of EMF and FEM on 8. ITS, SET and YES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEMYSTIFY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in FY · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MYSTIFY (18 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEMYSTIFY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMYSTIFY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 191) | 151 | 188 | 137 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: MIFTY, STYMED, FESTY, FISTY, METIFS, YESTY, FEYS, METIF, STYME, EMYS, FIDES, STIMED and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: MISFED, DEMIST, DIFS, DEF, DIF, FEST, MEDS, FES, STIM, DESI, FE, MES and 4 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: EMFS and EMF. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.