Unscramble DENTISTS and you have 193 words, DENTISTS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of DENTISTS is on the page: DISTENTS, each 9 points. The best shorter words score 8: 6 of them, DENTIST, DISSENT and DISNEST included. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1N12T1I1S1T1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DENTISTS split into 2 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 17 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 15 with 2.
28 of 56 5-letter words from DENTISTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. SITES, TESTS and SIDES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DENTISTS, 31 score 5 points, the group's best. SITE, SEND and TEST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DENTISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
DENTISTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DENTISTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENTISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 193) | 144 | 193 | 129 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DISTENTS, DISNEST, SDEINS, SISTED, SNIDES, STENDS, DENIS, DITTS, ETTINS, SDEIN, SIENTS, SINDS and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: IDENTS, DESIS, IDENT, STENTS, DENI, DESI, SENTS, STENT, TEINS, EDS, ESTS, TEIN and 3 more, 15 in all.
This word takes every letter of DENTISTS plus a single extra one.