164 words come out when you unscramble DILIGENCE, starting with DILIGENCE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 13 points: CEILINGED. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DILIGENCE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 8 with 7, 20 with 6, 31 with 5, 50 with 4, 42 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DILIGENCE, CEDING, CIDING and DICING tie for first at 10 points. LEGEND is an everyday pick.
6 of 31 5-letter words from DILIGENCE tie at 8 points; none scores more. INDIE, LINED and GLIDE will look familiar.
Of the 50 4-letter words from DILIGENCE, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. NEED, LINE and NICE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DILIGENCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in CE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CEILINGED (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DILIGENCE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DILIGENCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 164) | 121 | 164 | 112 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: CIDING, CIELING, CIELED, DELICE, EILDING, INCEDE, CLIED, DEEING, DINIC, ELDING, GILDEN, LENGED and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: CEILI, CLEG, EELING, INCEL, CIG, DENI, LEDE, NEG and GI.
Each word below uses all the letters of DILIGENCE and one more.