Unscramble DESCRYING to get 278 words. DESCRYING itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DECRYING and DYSGENIC lead with 15 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DESCRYING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2.
60 6-letter words from DESCRYING; 9 of them share the top score of 12. DESIGN, SIGNED and CRYING are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCRYING, the top score is 11, reached by 4. RIDGE, DYING and CRIED are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words made with DESCRYING letters; 6 of them share the top score of 9. NICE, DISC and RICE are everyday picks.
CRY and ICY share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCRYING. END, YES and RED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DESCRYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
DESCRYING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DESCRYING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESCRYING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 278) | 204 | 278 | 187 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
74 of the 278 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRYINGS, DRYINGS, GRYCES, SCRYDE, YERDING, GRYCE, GRYDES, SCRYNE, YEDING, DERNYS, GRICED, GRIESY and 62 more. 17 of the 278 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CRINGEY, CIDERY, CRINGY, GYNIES, GYNIE, RINDY, CREDS, CIGS, CRED, CIG, YER, DENI and 5 more.