Unscramble DIRECTS and you have 186 words, DIRECTS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: CREDITS. Among the shorter answers, 9 reach 9 points, CREDIT, DIRECT and EDICTS among them. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of DIRECTS at once for 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50) or 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DIRECTS by length: 2 with 7 letters, 17 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among 55 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIRECTS, the top score is 8, reached by 13. TRIED, CITED and TIRED are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 4-letter words from DIRECTS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SITE, SIDE and EDIT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DIRECTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with DI · ending in TS · all 7-letter words
DIRECTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DIRECTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 149 | 185 | 131 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DRICES, CIDES, DICTS, DRICE, TICED, CIDE, CIDS, CRISE, DICT, ERICS, ICERS, SERIC and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CISTED, CREDS, RECITS, CERTS, CRED, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, TECS, DESI and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of DIRECTS spell the words below.