Unscramble DESCRIPTORS to get 404 words. DESCRIPTORS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DESCRIPTOR and PREDICTORS lead with 15 points. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DESCRIPTORS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 10, 12 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
The 10-letter words made with DESCRIPTORS letters are led by DESCRIPTOR and PREDICTORS, 15 points each.
Of the 60 8-letter words from DESCRIPTORS, 8 score 13 points, the group's best. DIRECTOR, DEPOSITS and STEROIDS are the ones most people know.
11 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCRIPTORS tie at 12 points; none scores more. PROCESS, RECORDS and CREDITS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with DESCRIPTORS letters, 9 score 11 points, the group's best. PRICES, CREDIT and DIRECT are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCRIPTORS, COPED leads with 10 points, then COPER and COPES on 9. PRICE, TOPIC and CODES are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from DESCRIPTORS; 13 of them share the top score of 8. CODE, COST and PICS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words in DESCRIPTORS, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. TOP, PRO and DIE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DESCRIPTORS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in RS · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DEPICTORS (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DESCRIPTORS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESCRIPTORS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 404) | 345 | 402 | 312 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
59 of the 404 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DISCERPS, PERSICOTS, COPSIEST, CORPSED, DISCERP, PERSICOS, PERSICOT, PORRECTS, SCORPERS, COPSED, COPSIER, DIPTEROS and 47 more. 31 of the 404 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: POSTRIDERS, CROSSTIED, PERCIDS, POSTRIDER, PERCID, PORTSIDE, TOPDRESS, DISCOES, SPECTS, TRICEP, CISTED, DOPEST and 19 more. 2 of the 404 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP.