139 words come out when you unscramble DICTATING, starting with DICTATING itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2I1C34T1A1T1I1N12G23
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DICTATING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 14 with 6, 27 with 5, 37 with 4, 42 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 27 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DICTATING, the top score is 8, reached by 8. GIANT, DIGIT and TITAN are the familiar ones.
Of the 37 4-letter words from DICTATING, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. ANTI, GAIN and ACID are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DICTATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
DICTATING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DICTATING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICTATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 103 | 139 | 95 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
36 of the 139 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DICTING, CIDING, DITTING, TICING, DIACT, DINIC, DITING, CANG, DICT, CAG, CID, DAINT and 24 more. 8 of the 139 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CNIDA, ATTING, ATIGI, CIG, DAN, TIAN, DA and GI.