Unscramble DINGUSES and you have 216 words, DINGUSES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 7 shorter words score 9, among them DESIGNS, GUNDIES and GUSSIED. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DINGUSES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 26 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 16 with 2.
26 6-letter words made with DINGUSES letters; 11 of them share the top score of 8. DESIGN, GUIDES and SIGNED are everyday picks.
10 of 50 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DINGUSES tie at 7 points; none scores more. USING, GUIDE and ISSUE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from DINGUSES, 11 score 6 points, the group's best. USED, SEND and SIGN are the ones most people know.
5 of 55 3-letter words made with DINGUSES letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. USE, END and SUN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DINGUSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with DI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What DINGUSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DINGUSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DINGUSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 163 | 216 | 147 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GUNDIES, SDEIGNS, SNUDGES, SDEIGN, SNUDGE, DEGUS, DUING, SDEINS, SENGIS, SNIDES, SUINGS, DEGS and 41 more, 53 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SUSING, DESIS, SUSED, DENI, DESI, NEGS, NUGS, SIGS, EDS, GIS, NEG, NUG and 4 more, 16 in all.
These 5 words take every letter of DINGUSES plus a single extra one.