460 words come out when you unscramble DIFFERENTIATION, starting with DIFFERENTIATION itself: 22 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. INDIFFERENT and DIFFERENTIA are the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. It has 15 letters, 7 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DIFFERENTIATION by length: 1 with 15 letters, 1 with 12, 7 with 11, 14 with 10, 38 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 39 with 2. None has 14 or 13 letters.
Just 1 of the 12-letter words made with DIFFERENTIATION letters: REDEFINITION, for 16 points.
DIFFERENTIA and INDIFFERENT share the top score of 18 among the 11-letter words in DIFFERENTIATION.
Among the 10-letter words from DIFFERENTIATION, TRIFFIDIAN leads with 17 points, then DEFINITION and FEDERATION on 14. IDENTIFIER, INDEFINITE and ORIENTATED are the familiar ones.
4 of 38 9-letter words you get when you unscramble DIFFERENTIATION tie at 16 points; none scores more. DIFFERENT, TRADITION and RETENTION will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words from DIFFERENTIATION, 9 score 15 points, the group's best. ORIENTED, NOTIFIED and INFINITE are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 7-letter words in DIFFERENTIATION tie at 14 points; none scores more. OFFERED, REFINED and FIFTEEN will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with DIFFERENTIATION letters, 12 score 13 points, the group's best. EFFORT, DEFINE and FINDER are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIFFERENTIATION, the top score is 12, reached by 5. AFTER, OFFER and FRONT are the familiar ones.
DAFF, DIFF and DOFF are the top 4-letter words from DIFFERENTIATION, 11 points each. FIND, FIRE and FINE will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in DIFFERENTIATION, the top score is 9, reached by 4. OFF, END and FAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DIFFERENTIATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 15-letter words: starting with DI · ending in ON · all 15-letter words
DIFFERENTIATION first, then short meanings for the 6 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DIFFERENTIATION is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIFFERENTIATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 460) | 359 | 457 | 322 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRIFFIDIAN, AFFRONTEE, EFFRAIDE, INFEFTED, INFINITATED, TAFFETIER, AFFRONTE, AFFIED, FOEDERATI, INFINITATE, TOFFIER, AFFEER and 88 more, 100 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: REOFFEND, TRIFFID, DEFFER, DIEOFF, NAFFED, NIFFED, NIFFIER, DRIFTNET, EFFED, NAFFER, TONIFIED, DIFF and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ETIDRONATE and RANITIDINE, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.