Unscramble DILIGENTLY and you have 272 words, DILIGENTLY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. YIELDING and GELIDITY are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DILIGENTLY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 20 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
20 7-letter words in DILIGENTLY; 4 of them share the top score of 12. EDITING, TELLING and DIGNITY are everyday picks.
Of the 52 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DILIGENTLY, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. GENTLY, IGNITE and TILING are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from DILIGENTLY; 4 of them share the top score of 10. YIELD, DYING and LYING are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from DILIGENTLY, EDGY leads with 9 points, then DENY and DYNE on 8. EDIT, DIET and DELL are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words in DILIGENTLY tie at 7 points; none scores more. GET, END and LET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DILIGENTLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
What DILIGENTLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DILIGENTLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DILIGENTLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 272) | 207 | 272 | 192 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GYLDEN, YEDING, YILLING, GYELD, LYTING, TYEING, YILLED, YINDIE, DILLING, EILDING, GENTY, LYTED and 53 more, 65 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GLINTY, GELLY, GYNIE, TIYIN, LINTED, TIYN, TYIN, IDENT, DELT, DENI, GITE, INTEL and 3 more, 15 in all.