Unscramble DIPTERONS to get 355 words. DIPTERONS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: DRIPSTONE. The best shorter words score 11: 15 of them, SPRINTED, PORTENDS and DIOPTERS included. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DIPTERONS split into 2 with 9 letters, 21 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
21 8-letter words in DIPTERONS; 15 of them share the top score of 11. PROTEINS and POINTERS are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DIPTERONS, the top score is 10, reached by 33. PROTEIN, PRINTED and RESPOND are the familiar ones.
43 of 60 6-letter words from DIPTERONS tie at 9 points; none scores more. POSTED, PERSON and PERIOD will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIPTERONS, 35 score 8 points, the group's best. SPEND, PRIDE and OPENS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from DIPTERONS; 18 of them share the top score of 7. POST, OPEN and PORT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words in DIPTERONS, 5 score 6 points, the group's best. TOP, END and RED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DIPTERONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DIOPTERS, DIOPTRES, DIPTERON, PERIDOTS, PORTENDS, PORTSIDE, PRISONED and PROTEIDS (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DIPTERONS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIPTERONS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 355) | 286 | 355 | 265 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
69 of the 355 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DIPTERONS, DIPTEROS, DISPONER, POINDERS, DISPONE, POINDER, PROINED, SPINODE, DRONIEST, NIPTERS, PERIOST, PIENDS and 57 more. 21 of the 355 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PORTSIDE, PERNODS, REPOINTS, DOPEST, PERNOD, PRONED, PRONEST, REPOINT, ESPOIR, PEDIS, PERNIO, DEPS and 9 more.
These 8 words take every letter of DIPTERONS plus a single extra one.