Unscramble DIALECTICAL and you have 269 words, DIALECTICAL itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DIALECTIC and CATCALLED lead with 14 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DIALECTICAL by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 2 with 8, 21 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 10 letters.
6 of 21 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DIALECTICAL tie at 12 points; none scores more. CITADEL, DIALECT and TALLIED will look familiar.
Of the 47 6-letter words from DIALECTICAL, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. CALLED, DETAIL and ALLIED are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIALECTICAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. DELTA, IDEAL and CITED will look familiar.
ACCA, CACA and CECA share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words from DIALECTICAL. DATE, DATA and CALL are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words in DIALECTICAL are led by CAD and CID, 6 points each. ALL, LET and ACT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DIALECTICAL for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with DI · ending in AL · all 11-letter words
What DIALECTICAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DIALECTICAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIALECTICAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 216 | 269 | 206 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 269 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACCITED, CALCED, ACCITE, CALLID, TICCA, ACCA, ALLICE, CAAED, CADIE, CAILLE, CALID, CLIED and 41 more. 10 of the 269 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TICCED, DACITE, CEILI, ACAI, CLIT, CAL, DELT, TEC, DA and TE.