Unscramble DINGBATS to get 209 words. DINGBATS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2I1N12G23B34A1T1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DINGBATS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 12 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
51 5-letter words from DINGBATS; 5 of them share the top score of 8. STAND, SAINT and BANDS are everyday picks.
14 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DINGBATS tie at 7 points; none scores more. BAND, AIDS and GAIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in DINGBATS, 8 score 6 points, the group's best. ITS, BIG and BAD are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DINGBATS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with DI · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
DINGBATS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DINGBATS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DINGBATS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 209) | 170 | 207 | 156 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BINGS, ABID, ABSIT, BANTS, BASTI, BIGA, DAINTS, GAIDS, IDANTS, NGATIS, TABIS, TANGIS and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DATINGS, BING, TASING, SIGNA, DANS, TIANS, AGS, DAN, DAS, GIS, SIG, ATS and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of DINGBATS spell the words below.