244 words come out when you unscramble DIFFERENT, starting with DIFFERENT itself: 16 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. INFEFTED and NIFFERED are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2I1F4F4E1R1E1N12T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DIFFERENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 9 with 7, 48 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among 48 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DIFFERENT, the top score is 13, reached by 6. FRIEND, ENTIRE and DEFINE are the familiar ones.
Among the 5-letter words from DIFFERENT, EFFED and FIFED tie for first at 12 points. ENTER, TRIED and TREND are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from DIFFERENT, DIFF leads with 11 points, then FIEF and FIFE on 10. FREE, FIND and NEED are the familiar ones.
EFF and IFF share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words in DIFFERENT. END, RED and NET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DIFFERENT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by NIFFERED (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DIFFERENT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIFFERENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 244) | 183 | 243 | 170 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: INFEFTED, EFFEIR, INFEFT, ENFIRED, FENDIER, FETIDER, TRIFF, DEIFER, FEINTER, ENFIRE, FEERIN, FINEER and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: DEFFER, NIFFED, EFFED, DIFF, INFEED, NIFF, FIREE, DEF, DIF, IDENT, DENI, FE and 1 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.