285 words come out when you unscramble DEXTERWISE, starting with DEXTERWISE itself: 21 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. EXSERTED and WEXED are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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By length, the words from DEXTERWISE split into 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 8, 27 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 7-letter words in DEXTERWISE are led by DEXTERS, EXERTED and EXISTED, 15 points each. SWEETIE and SWEETER are the familiar ones.
Of the 57 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEXTERWISE, 5 score 14 points, the group's best. DESIRE, DESERT and WRITES are the ones most people know.
WEXED tops the 5-letter words from DEXTERWISE at 16 points; next come WEXES on 15 and DESEX on 13. WRITE, SWEET and EXIST will look familiar.
WEXE scores highest among the 4-letter words in DEXTERWISE at 14 points, ahead of EXED on 12 and EXES on 11. WERE, WEST and SIDE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words made with DEXTERWISE letters is WEX, 13 points; DEX and XED on 11 follow. SEE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DEXTERWISE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in SE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXSERTED (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DEXTERWISE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEXTERWISE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 228 | 285 | 210 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: DEXTERWISE, WEXED, WEXES, WEXE, WEX, EXIES, TEXES, SWEERED, SWEETED, SWEIRED, TWEERED, STEWIER and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: DEXTERS, DEIXES, SEXTED, EXED, SEXER, SIXER, WRISTED, XED, TIX, TWEER, EEEW, EEW and 6 more.