Unscramble DIFFRACTS and you have 226 words, DIFFRACTS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DIFFRACT, 17 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DIFFRACTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
DRAFFS scores highest among the 6-letter words from DIFFRACTS at 13 points, ahead of STRAFF and TARIFF on 12. CRAFTS, RACIST and DRAFTS are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIFFRACTS are led by CAFFS and SCAFF, 13 points each. FIRST, STAFF and CARDS are the familiar ones.
CAFF tops the 4-letter words from DIFFRACTS at 12 points; next come DAFF and DIFF on 11. CARD, CART and CARS will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in DIFFRACTS, AFF and IFF tie for first at 9 points. ITS, CAR and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DIFFRACTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
DIFFRACTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DIFFRACTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIFFRACTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 184 | 225 | 168 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 226 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCAFF, STRAFF, FACTIS, FRACTS, TRIFF, FASCI, FRACT, CARDIS, DIACTS, ARTICS, CARDI, DIACT and 29 more. 16 of the 226 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DIFFS, DIFF, CAFS, IFTARS, CAF, DIFS, IFTAR, CRIAS, CRITS, DIF, CRIA, CRIT and 4 more. 1 of the 226 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.