Unscramble DIPTEROUS and you have 352 words, DIPTEROUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 13 shorter words score 11, among them SPROUTED, PROUDEST and STUPIDER. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DIPTEROUS 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 32 with 2.
19 8-letter words made with DIPTEROUS letters; 13 of them share the top score of 11. OUTSIDER is an everyday pick.
30 of 60 7-letter words in DIPTEROUS tie at 10 points; none scores more. OUTSIDE, EDITORS and PERIODS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from DIPTEROUS, 49 score 9 points, the group's best. POSTED, PERIOD and POSTER are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIPTEROUS, the top score is 8, reached by 44. PROUD, PRIDE and DEPOT are the familiar ones.
22 of 60 4-letter words from DIPTEROUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. POST, PORT and DROP will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in DIPTEROUS, 7 score 6 points, the group's best. TOP, RED and PUT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DIPTEROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DIOPTERS, DIOPTRES, DISPUTER, PERIDOTS, PORTSIDE, POSTURED, PROTEIDS and PROUDEST (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DIPTEROUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIPTEROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 352) | 285 | 352 | 264 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 67 of them: DIPTEROS, POUDERS, POUDRES, PUDSIER, SPOUTIER, IODURETS, PERIOST, PIOTED, PISTED, PORIEST, POUDER, POUDRE and 55 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: PORTSIDE, SIRUPED, DOPEST, PERITUS, TOUPIES, ESPOIR, PEDIS, PISTOU, POSIER, URPED, DEPS, PEDI and 9 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DIPTEROUS spell the words below.