Unscramble DIESTROUS and you have 342 words, DIESTROUS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of DIESTROUS are on the page: DIOESTRUS and OUTSIDERS, each 10 points. 12 shorter words score 9, among them STEROIDS, OUTSIDER and DESIROUS. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DIESTROUS by length: 3 with 9 letters, 12 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Among 60 7-letter words from DIESTROUS, the top score is 8, reached by 35. STORIES, STUDIES and OUTSIDE are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DIESTROUS scores 7. EDITOR, STUDIO and SORTED are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIESTROUS score 6 points. DRESS, SIDES and RIDES are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from DIESTROUS come to 60, each scoring 5 points. DOES, SIDE and EDIT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in DIESTROUS, 32 score 4 points, the group's best. OUT, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DIESTROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OUTSIDERS (10 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DIESTROUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIESTROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 342) | 267 | 342 | 248 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
75 of the 342 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DRUSIEST, IODURETS, SUITORED, DORISES, DOUTERS, ETOURDI, IODURET, OUTREDS, REDUITS, ROISTED, ROSITED, DORISE and 63 more. 19 of the 342 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DIOESTRUS, DISEURS, RUDISTS, DISEUR, RUDIST, TORUSES, DESIS, DORES, DOUTS, RODES, ROIDS, SORED and 7 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DIESTROUS spell the words below.