Unscramble DILATANCY and you have 202 words, DILATANCY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DILATANCY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 14 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 19 with 2.
ANALYTIC is the only one of the 8-letter words made with DILATANCY letters; it scores 13 points.
Among 47 5-letter words from DILATANCY, the top score is 11, reached by 5. DAILY, CANDY and CANAL are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words in DILATANCY tie at 9 points; none scores more. DATA, CITY and LAND will look familiar.
CAY, CLY and ICY share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words made with DILATANCY letters. CAN, ANY and DAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DILATANCY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in CY · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ANALYTIC and DACTYLI (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DILATANCY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DILATANCY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 202) | 154 | 202 | 140 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
48 of the 202 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANTILY, DANCY, ALICANT, ANTICAL, CANY, DAYAN, DAYNT, INYALA, CALID, CLY, DIACT, DIYA and 36 more. 14 of the 202 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: YCLAD, TALCY, CANTAL, CNIDA, LAYIN, TACAN, TIYN, TYIN, ACAI, CLIT, LATINA, CAL and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of DILATANCY and one more.