214 words come out when you unscramble DIRIGISMES, starting with DIRIGISMES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DIRIGISME, DIRIGISMS and SEMIRIGID, 13 points each. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DIRIGISMES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 3 with 8, 8 with 7, 29 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 13 with 2.
4 of 29 6-letter words from DIRIGISMES tie at 10 points; none scores more. MISSED, RIDGES and GRIMES will look familiar.
MIDGE scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIRIGISMES at 9 points, ahead of DEISM and DERMS on 8. DRESS, SIDES and RIDGE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from DIRIGISMES; 14 of them share the top score of 7. SIDE, MISS and RIDE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DIRIGISMES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 5 strongest answers mean; SMIDGES (11 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DIRIGISMES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIRIGISMES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 214) | 171 | 214 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: DIRIGISMS, DIRIGISM, MIDGIER, MIDGIES, RIGIDISES, MIDGIE, RIGIDISE, DEMISS, DIRIGES, IRIDISES, MISSIER, DERIGS and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: MIRIDS, MIRID, MEDS, MEGS, DESIS, MEG, DESI, MES, SIGS, EDS, GIS, SIG and 1 more.