Unscramble DERVISHES and you have 259 words, DERVISHES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DERVISHES split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 17 with 7, 58 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words made with DERVISHES letters, DERVISH and SHRIVED tie for first at 14 points. REVISED, DIVERSE and DESIRES are everyday picks.
SHIVED tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DERVISHES at 13 points; next come HIVERS and SHIVER on 12. SERIES, SERVED and DRIVES will look familiar.
HIVED scores highest among the 5-letter words from DERVISHES at 12 points, ahead of HIVER and HIVES on 11. DRIVE, SERVE and VERSE are the ones most people know.
HIVE and SHIV are the top 4-letter words made with DERVISHES letters, 10 points each. HERE, EVER and HIRE will look familiar.
Among 42 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DERVISHES, the top score is 7, reached by 5. SEE, RED and DIE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DERVISHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What DERVISHES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DERVISHES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERVISHES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 202 | 259 | 185 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 259 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DIVERSES, HIVERS, HERDESS, HIVER, HERIED, HERISSE, HERSED, IVRESSE, REVIED, RIEVED, SHIRED, DEEVS and 45 more. 17 of the 259 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHIVED, DESHIS, DESHI, DEVIS, HIREES, SIDHE, DEVI, HIREE, SIDH, VIDS, SESH, SEVS and 5 more.