142 words come out when you unscramble DEXTERITY, starting with DEXTERITY itself: 20 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is YEXED, 16 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DEXTERITY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 12 with 6, 21 with 5, 60 with 4, 34 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
DEXY and DIXY share the top score of 15 among the 4-letter words from DEXTERITY. TEXT, EDIT and TREE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DEXTERITY for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TY · all 9-letter words
DEXTERITY 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 DEXTERITY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEXTERITY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 110 | 141 | 101 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YEXED, DIXY, YEX, TEX, YETTIE, DREY, TEDY, TYDE, TYED, YEDE, YEED, YERD and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TEXTED, TEXTER, EXED, XED, TIX, YEET, YER, TETRI and TE, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.