Unscramble DESCRIBING and you have 304 words, DESCRIBING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, INSCRIBED and ESCRIBING lead with 14 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DESCRIBING split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 6 with 8, 40 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words from DESCRIBING, SCRIBED leads with 12 points, then BEGIRDS and BIDINGS on 11. INSIDER, BRIDGES and INDICES are the familiar ones.
CEBIDS tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCRIBING at 11 points; next come BEGIRD and BIDING on 10. DESIGN, BRIDGE and BEGINS will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words made with DESCRIBING letters is CEBID, 10 points; BICES and CRIBS on 9 follow. BEING, BRING and BEGIN are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCRIBING are led by BICE and CRIB, 8 points each. DISC, BIRD and BIDS are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 3-letter words from DESCRIBING tie at 6 points; none scores more. END, BIG and RED will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of DESCRIBING, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What DESCRIBING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DESCRIBING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESCRIBING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 304) | 241 | 304 | 224 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
63 of the 304 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ESCRIBING, BIDINGS, BREDING, BRIDING, DICINGS, BINGIES, BIRSING, BREIING, CIDING, GRICED, NERDICS, BESING and 51 more. 17 of the 304 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BRIDIES, BRIDIE, BIDIS, BINERS, CREDS, BIDI, BINER, BING, CIGS, CRED, CIG, BES and 5 more.