Unscramble DIRECTIONS and you have 382 words, DIRECTIONS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 13 points: CRETINOIDS, DISCRETION and SORICIDENT. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DIRECTIONS by length: 4 with 10 letters, 11 with 9, 39 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
DIRECTIONS and 3 anagrams, SORICIDENT, DISCRETION and CRETINOIDS, make up the 10-letter words in DIRECTIONS; each scores 13 points.
Among 39 8-letter words from DIRECTIONS, the top score is 11, reached by 14. DECISION, CONSIDER and EDITIONS are the familiar ones.
36 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DIRECTIONS tie at 10 points; none scores more. CREDITS, NOTICED and INDICES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with DIRECTIONS letters, 35 score 9 points, the group's best. CREDIT, SECOND and DIRECT are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIRECTIONS; 35 of them share the top score of 8. CODES, COINS and DECOR are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from DIRECTIONS, 17 score 7 points, the group's best. CODE, COST and ONCE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in DIRECTIONS, CID, COD and DOC tie for first at 6 points. END, RED and DIE are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of DIRECTIONS, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CENTROIDS, DOCTRINES, INDICTERS, INDICTORS and REINDICTS (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DIRECTIONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 382) | 305 | 382 | 283 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
77 of the 382 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRETINOIDS, SORICIDENT, DEONTICS, ICONISED, ICTERIDS, CONDERS, CONDIES, CORSNED, COTISED, DISCOER, ICTERID, NERDICS and 65 more. 22 of the 382 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CRETINOID, SIDEROTIC, CORNEITIS, CROSTINI, CISTED, CRETONS, IRONISED, CREDS, IRONIEST, CERTS, CRED, CERT and 10 more.
These 9 words take every letter of DIRECTIONS plus a single extra one.