Unscramble DICTYOGEN to get 248 words. DICTYOGEN itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DECOYING and GYNECOID lead with 15 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DICTYOGEN by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
5 of 35 6-letter words from DICTYOGEN tie at 12 points; none scores more. NOTICE, CODING and TOYING will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DICTYOGEN, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. DOING, NOTED and CITED are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 4-letter words in DICTYOGEN tie at 9 points; none scores more. CITY, CODE and ICON will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with DICTYOGEN letters, COY and ICY tie for first at 8 points. GET, END and GOT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DICTYOGEN for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in EN · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DECOYING and GYNECOID (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DICTYOGEN is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICTYOGEN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 188 | 247 | 176 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
60 of the 248 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DICTYOGEN, CYTODE, CYTOID, YCOND, YEDING, CONGED, EGOITY, TYEING, CONDIE, CYTE, GENTY, GOETIC and 48 more. 12 of the 248 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GYNIE, GYNO, ONCET, TIYN, TYIN, CIG, IDENT, ECO, TEC, GI, OI and TE. 1 of the 248 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: GOY.
This word takes every letter of DICTYOGEN plus a single extra one.