Unscramble DIONYSIAC and you have 226 words, DIONYSIAC itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DIONYSIAC by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 19 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 56 5-letter words from DIONYSIAC, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. COINS, CANDY and ICONS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DIONYSIAC, the top score is 9, reached by 7. DAYS, DISC and ICON are the familiar ones.
CAY, COY and ICY are the top 3-letter words made with DIONYSIAC letters, 8 points each. CAN, ANY and DAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DIONYSIAC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in AC · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CYANIDS and SYNODIC (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DIONYSIAC is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIONYSIAC itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 178 | 226 | 160 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DANCY, SCODY, YCOND, ISODICA, ASINICO, CANY, DINICS, DIYAS, SDAYN, SODAIC, CONIAS, DINIC and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DIONYSIAC, COADY, SYCON, CNIDA, ASCON, DINOS, DOSAI, SOCA, YAS, DANS, DINO, DOSA and 6 more, 18 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of DIONYSIAC plus a single extra one.