280 words come out when you unscramble DEXTEROUS, starting with DEXTEROUS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DEXTEROUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 19 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Of the 53 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEXTEROUS, 7 score 14 points, the group's best. SORTED, STORED and STEREO are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from DEXTEROUS; 10 of them share the top score of 13. DETOX, DETER and EXERT are everyday picks.
DOUX and EXED are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEXTEROUS, 12 points each. DOES, SEED and DOSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from DEXTEROUS, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. OUT, SEE and SET are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of DEXTEROUS, with one letter different:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DEXTROSE, DEXTROUS, EXTRUDES and TUXEDOES (16 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEXTEROUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEXTEROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 225 | 279 | 207 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: OXTERED, RETOXED, EXODES, RETOXES, SEXTUOR, XEROTES, DUXES, EXODE, RETOX, SOREX, TEXES, DUX and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: DEXTERS, SEXTED, DOXES, EXED, OXERS, SEXER, DOX, OXER, XED, DORES, DOUTS, RODES and 5 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ROUXES.