Unscramble DIRENESSES to get 271 words. DIRENESSES itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2I1R1E1N12E1S1S1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DIRENESSES split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 7 with 8, 27 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Among 27 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DIRENESSES, the top score is 8, reached by 18. DRESSES, DESIRES and RESIDES are the familiar ones.
36 of 60 6-letter words from DIRENESSES tie at 7 points; none scores more. SERIES, DESIRE and SENDER will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from DIRENESSES, the top score is 6, reached by 44. NEEDS, DRESS and SIDES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in DIRENESSES, 39 score 5 points, the group's best. NEED, SEND and SIDE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DIRENESSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
DIRENESSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DIRENESSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIRENESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 205 | 271 | 194 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 66 of them: SEEDNESS, DERNIES, DESINES, SERENED, DEERES, DESINE, DESSES, NEESED, REEDEN, REEDES, RENIED, SDEINS and 54 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: EENSIER, SENSEIS, DESIS, SENSEI, DENI, DESI, ESNES, RESES, EDS, ESNE and ESSE.
These 8 words take every letter of DIRENESSES plus a single extra one.