Unscramble DIELECTRIC to get 234 words. DIELECTRIC itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2I1E1L12E1C34T1R1I1C34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DIELECTRIC by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 14 with 7, 45 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 13 with 2.
DECCIE, RECCED and TICCED are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DIELECTRIC, 11 points each. CREDIT, DIRECT and CIRCLE will look familiar.
56 5-letter words from DIELECTRIC; 4 of them share the top score of 9. TRIED, ELITE and CITED are everyday picks.
ECCE scores highest among the 4-letter words in DIELECTRIC at 8 points, ahead of CEDE and CEDI on 7. EDIT, DIET and RIDE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with DIELECTRIC letters, CID leads with 6 points, then CEE and CEL on 5. LET, RED and LED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DIELECTRIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in IC · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CRICETID (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DIELECTRIC 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIELECTRIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 192 | 233 | 179 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 234 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RECCIED, DECCIE, ICTERID, CIELED, DELICE, CERTIE, CLIED, DRICE, ECCE, RIDIC, TICED, CIDE and 29 more. 13 of the 234 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DECILITRE, RECCED, TICCED, CEILI, CRED, RECIT, CERT, CLIT, CRIT, DELT, LEDE, TEC and 1 more. 1 of the 234 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
This word takes every letter of DIELECTRIC plus a single extra one.