Unscramble DIPHONES and you have 245 words, DIPHONES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 14 points: SIPHONED and SPHENOID. 4 shorter words score 13, among them DIPHONE, DONSHIP and ENDSHIP. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DIPHONES split into 3 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
4 of 25 6-letter words from DIPHONES tie at 12 points; none scores more. PHONES, POISED and PONIES will look familiar.
EPHOD, HOPED and POHED share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIPHONES. PHONE, SPEND and OPENS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with DIPHONES letters, the top score is 9, reached by 16. SHOP, HOPE and SHIP are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DIPHONES tie at 8 points; none scores more. END, DIE and HIP will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DIPHONES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with DI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SIPHONED and SPHENOID (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DIPHONES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIPHONES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 202 | 245 | 176 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DIPHONES, DIPHONE, ENDSHIP, POSHED, PHEONS, POHED, DISPONE, PHEON, SHOPE, SPINODE, DOSEH, HEIDS and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DONSHIP, PHEOS, DESHI, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, SIDHE, DOHS, DOSH, PEDIS, PHO, SIDH and 14 more, 26 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of DIPHONES plus a single extra one.