Unscramble DIPTERIST and you have 259 words, DIPTERIST itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. SPIRITED, RIPTIDES and TIDERIPS are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DIPTERIST split into 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 19 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Of the 47 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DIPTERIST, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. SPIRIT, SPIDER and PRIEST are the ones most people know.
12 of 60 5-letter words from DIPTERIST tie at 8 points; none scores more. STRIP, TRIPS and PRIDE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from DIPTERIST, the top score is 7, reached by 8. SIDE, TIPS and EDIT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DIPTERIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by RIPTIDES, SPIRITED and TIDERIPS (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DIPTERIST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIPTERIST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 206 | 258 | 192 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DIPTERIST, PIERIDS, RISPETTI, TRIPIEST, PIERID, PISTED, PITTERS, RISPED, TRITIDES, DIETIST, PETTIS, PIERIS and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SPITTIER, PEDIS, PERITI, SITREP, DEPS, PEDI, DEP, TETRIS, DESI, PST, EDS, EST and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of DIPTERIST spell the words below.