Unscramble DIACRITICS to get 214 words. DIACRITICS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DIACRITIC leads with 14 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DIACRITICS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 6 with 8, 12 with 7, 22 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 14 with 2.
ACIDIC tops the 6-letter words from DIACRITICS at 11 points; next come ARCTIC and CISTIC on 10. CRITIC and RACIST will look familiar.
Of the 51 5-letter words made with DIACRITICS letters, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. CARDS, ACIDS and CARTS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DIACRITICS; 10 of them share the top score of 7. SAID, CARD and CART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DIACRITICS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in CS · all 10-letter words
What DIACRITICS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DIACRITICS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIACRITICS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 214) | 164 | 214 | 152 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: ARCTIIDS, ARCTIID, CIDARIS, CISTIC, CRAICS, SCIARID, SICCAR, CARDIS, CRAIC, DIACTS, TICCA, ARTICS and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: DIARISTIC, CIRCS, CRIAS, CRITS, CRIA, CRIT, TRADS, DAS, RAIS, ATS, DA and RAI.