Unscramble DICHOTOMY and you have 165 words, DICHOTOMY itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. MYTHIC and THYMIC are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2I1C34H43O1T1O1M34Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DICHOTOMY split into 1 with 9 letters, 11 with 6, 29 with 5, 48 with 4, 55 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
MOCHY tops the 5-letter words made with DICHOTOMY letters at 15 points; next come ITCHY and MOTHY on 13. DITCH will look familiar.
HOMY and MYTH share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DICHOTOMY. CITY, MOOD and HOOD are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words from DICHOTOMY is MYC, 10 points; HOY and THY on 9 follow. TOO, HOT and HIT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DICHOTOMY for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in MY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MYTHIC and THYMIC (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DICHOTOMY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICHOTOMY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 120 | 165 | 109 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: MOCHY, MYTHI, TICHY, CHIMO, CHOOM, COOMY, CYTOID, DOHYO, MICHT, MITCH, DICHT, DOCHT and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: MOCHI, MYC, MOHO, HOM, OCH, DOH, MIC, HOO, TOCO, MOI and OI.