Unscramble DIPTERANS to get 351 words. DIPTERANS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 10 of them, SPRAINED, SPRINTED and DEPAINTS included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DIPTERANS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 19 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
Of the 19 8-letter words made with DIPTERANS letters, 10 score 11 points, the group's best. PAINTERS, STRAINED and PERTAINS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 7-letter words in DIPTERANS, the top score is 10, reached by 32. PARENTS, PARTIES and PRINTED are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words from DIPTERANS, 46 score 9 points, the group's best. SPREAD, SPIDER and RAPIDS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIPTERANS, the top score is 8, reached by 40. SPEND, PAINT and RAPID are the familiar ones.
18 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DIPTERANS tie at 7 points; none scores more. PART, PAST and PAID will look familiar.
60 3-letter words from DIPTERANS; 5 of them share the top score of 6. END, RED and ADS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DIPTERANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
What DIPTERANS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DIPTERANS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIPTERANS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 351) | 289 | 351 | 276 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: DIPTERAS, DRAPIEST, SPIRATED, TARSIPED, DRAPETS, PANSIED, SAPIDER, SPAINED, TRAPSED, DRAPET, INAPTER, NIPTERS and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: PANTSED, PRATIES, NAPED, PEDIS, DEPS, PEDI, DEP, PST, DAN, DAS, EDS, DA and 1 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of DIPTERANS and one more.