Unscramble DIETHYLS and you have 224 words, DIETHYLS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DIETHYL leads with 14 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DIETHYLS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 22 6-letter words made with DIETHYLS letters, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. LISTED, SHIELD and YIELDS are the ones most people know.
DISHY tops the 5-letter words from DIETHYLS at 12 points; next come ETHYL and HYLES on 11. STYLE, SLIDE and YIELD will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DIETHYLS, HYED leads with 11 points, then HEYS and HYES on 10. HELD, HITS and HIDE are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words made with DIETHYLS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. ITS, SET and YES will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DIETHYLS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with DI · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
The 4 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ETHYLS and SHELTY (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts DIETHYLS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIETHYLS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 164 | 224 | 151 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: DIETHYLS, DIETHYL, HYLIST, LYTHES, DISTYLE, HYED, HYLES, LYTHE, SYTHE, HEYS, HYES, HYLE and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: DELISH, DESHI, SIDHE, SHITE, SIDH, DELTS, DELT, DESI, LITES, EDS, EST, TES and 1 more.
These 2 words take every letter of DIETHYLS plus a single extra one.