Unscramble DICTATIONS and you have 302 words, DICTATIONS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 13 points: DONATISTIC. The strongest shorter words are DICTATION and ACTINOIDS, 12 points each. It has 10 letters, 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 DICTATIONS split into 2 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 10 with 8, 21 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
The 10-letter words in DICTATIONS are 2: DICTATIONS itself and 1 anagram, DONATISTIC. Each scores 13 points.
21 7-letter words from DICTATIONS; 7 of them share the top score of 10. STATION, ACTIONS and DISTANT are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words in DICTATIONS, the top score is 9, reached by 13. ACTION, CASINO and STATIC are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words made with DICTATIONS letters; 19 of them share the top score of 8. COAST, COSTA and COINS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DICTATIONS, 13 score 7 points, the group's best. COST, DISC and ICON are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from DICTATIONS, the top score is 6, reached by 4. CAN, ITS and ACT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DICTATIONS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
DICTATIONS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DICTATIONS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICTATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 302) | 240 | 302 | 223 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DONATISTIC, ACTIONIST, COTTIDS, ISODICA, ASINICO, CODIST, COTTID, DIACTS, DINICS, SODAIC, ACTONS, CONIAS and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CNIDA, OSTINATI, ASCON, NATTOS, SOCA, STATIN, STOTIN, TANTOS, DANS, DINO, SOC, DAN and 5 more, 17 in all.
This word takes every letter of DICTATIONS plus a single extra one.