353 words come out when you unscramble DIALECTOLOGY, starting with DIALECTOLOGY itself: 19 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DIALECTOLOGY by length: 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 10, 5 with 9, 17 with 8, 52 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Among the 10-letter words in DIALECTOLOGY, COTYLOIDAL leads with 16 points, then DELTIOLOGY on 15 and COLLIGATED on 14.
Of the 17 8-letter words you get when you unscramble DIALECTOLOGY, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. IDEOLOGY, LOCALITY and ETIOLOGY are the ones most people know.
52 7-letter words from DIALECTOLOGY; 5 of them share the top score of 13. LOCATED, LOGICAL and ECOLOGY are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words from DIALECTOLOGY, COYDOG leads with 13 points, then ACIDLY and CAGILY on 12. CALLED, LEGACY and COATED are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words in DIALECTOLOGY is CADGY, 12 points; ACIDY and CAGEY on 11 follow. DAILY, DELAY and DECAY are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words made with DIALECTOLOGY letters, CAGY leads with 10 points, then ACYL and CITY on 9. CODE, COLD and ACID are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DIALECTOLOGY tie at 8 points; none scores more. DAY, GAY and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DIALECTOLOGY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with DI · ending in GY · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EDICTALLY (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DIALECTOLOGY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIALECTOLOGY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 353) | 276 | 351 | 251 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
77 of the 353 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COTYLOIDAL, CALIOLOGY, DELTIOLOGY, CLODLY, COTYLAE, CYTODE, CYTOID, DALGYTE, COTYLE, DAYGLO, EGALITY, YCLED and 65 more. 25 of the 353 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EDICTALLY, COADY, YCLAD, CELLY, GELCOAT, GLACED, TALCY, DACITE, DOGTAIL, GELLY, GOATY, GODETIA and 13 more. 2 of the 353 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: COOLY and GOY.
With one more tile, the letters of DIALECTOLOGY spell the words below.