Unscramble DIALECTICS and you have 329 words, DIALECTICS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DIALECTIC and CLADISTIC, 14 points each. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DIALECTICS split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 14 with 8, 46 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
ACCIDIES, DEICTICS and DICASTIC share the top score of 13 among the 8-letter words made with DIALECTICS letters. DIALECTS is the one most people know.
46 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DIALECTICS; 5 of them share the top score of 12. DETAILS, ELASTIC and CITADEL are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from DIALECTICS, the top score is 11, reached by 4. CITIES, DETAIL and CASTLE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIALECTICS, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. CITED, ACIDS and ACTED are the ones most people know.
CECA tops the 4-letter words from DIALECTICS at 8 points; next come ACED and ACID on 7. CASE, DISC and CAST will look familiar.
CAD and CID share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in DIALECTICS. ITS, LET and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DIALECTICS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in CS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CLADISTIC (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DIALECTICS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIALECTICS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 329) | 264 | 329 | 244 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 65 of them: ACCITED, CAECITIS, SILICATED, ACCITES, ACIDIEST, CALCED, CECITIS, ACCITE, ACIDEST, CECILS, CISTIC, SCAILED and 53 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: DEICTICS, TICCED, DACITES, CISTED, DACITE, CEILIS, CEILI, CLITS, ETICS, CALS, CLIT, TECS and 8 more.