300 words come out when you unscramble DIRECTION, starting with DIRECTION itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of DIRECTION is on the page: CRETINOID, each 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DIRECTION by length: 2 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
28 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DIRECTION; 12 of them share the top score of 10. EDITION, NOTICED and CITRINE are everyday picks.
17 of 60 6-letter words from DIRECTION tie at 9 points; none scores more. CREDIT, NOTICE and DIRECT will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in DIRECTION, 20 score 8 points, the group's best. NOTED, DECOR and CITED are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with DIRECTION letters, the top score is 7, reached by 13. CODE, ONCE and DONE are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DIRECTION, CID, COD and DOC tie for first at 6 points. NOT, ONE and END are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of DIRECTION, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CENTROID, DOCTRINE, INDICTER, INDICTOR, INDIRECT and REINDICT (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DIRECTION works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 240 | 300 | 224 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
60 of the 300 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ICTERID, RETINOIC, CONDER, CONDIE, CRINED, NERDIC, RECTION, TIRONIC, CRONET, DINIC, DORIC, DRICE and 48 more. 16 of the 300 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CRETINOID, RETCON, CRED, ONCET, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, IDENT, RONDE, ROTINI, DENI, DINO and 4 more.
These 7 words take every letter of DIRECTION plus a single extra one.