Unscramble DIALISTS to get 149 words. DIALISTS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 10 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DIALIST, DISTILS and SIALIDS, 8 points each. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2I1A1L12I1S1T1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DIALISTS split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 9 with 6, 34 with 5, 52 with 4, 34 with 3 and 16 with 2.
17 of 34 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIALISTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. LISTS, LASTS and TAILS will look familiar.
Of the 52 4-letter words from DIALISTS, 22 score 5 points, the group's best. LIST, LAST and SAID are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DIALISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DI · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
DIALISTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DIALISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIALISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 120 | 149 | 115 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DITALS, SAIDST, SLAIDS, DALIS, DALTS, DISAS, DITAL, LAIDS, SIDAS, SLAID, DALI, DALT and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LASSI, DAS, LIAS, ATS and DA, 5 in all.
These 6 words take every letter of DIALISTS plus a single extra one.