Unscramble DIRECTRESSES to get 383 words. DIRECTRESSES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
D2I1R1E1C34T1R1E1S1S1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DIRECTRESSES split into 1 with 12 letters, 7 with 10, 13 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Among the 10-letter words made with DIRECTRESSES letters, DECISTERES, DIRECTRESS and DISCREETER tie for first at 13 points.
17 of 60 8-letter words from DIRECTRESSES tie at 11 points; none scores more. DISCRETE, STRESSED and DESSERTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DIRECTRESSES, 19 score 10 points, the group's best. CREDITS, SECRETS and RETIRED are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words in DIRECTRESSES, the top score is 9, reached by 19. CREDIT, DIRECT and SECRET are the familiar ones.
19 of 60 5-letter words made with DIRECTRESSES letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. CITED, DISCS and CREST will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DIRECTRESSES; 9 of them share the top score of 7. SIDE, EDIT and DIET are everyday picks.
CID scores highest among the 3-letter words from DIRECTRESSES at 6 points, ahead of CEE and CIS on 5. SEE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
This word has the length of DIRECTRESSES, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with DI · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with DISCREETER (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DIRECTRESSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTRESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 383) | 314 | 383 | 295 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DECISTERES, DECISTERE, DISCRETER, RECTRESSES, SCREEDERS, CRESSIEST, DECREETS, DISTRESSER, SCREEDER, SCREETED, CERRISES, CITESSES and 57 more, 69 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CISTED, DESTRESS, CREDS, RECITS, CERTS, CRED, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, DESIS and 7 more, 19 in all.