Unscramble DIRKES and you have 95 words, DIRKES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 5 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: DIKERS, DISKER, KRISED, RISKED and SKRIED. The best shorter words score 10: 7 of them, DIKES, DIRKS and SKIED included. 6 letters: 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Words from DIRKES by length: 6 with 6 letters, 17 with 5, 36 with 4, 26 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Of the 36 4-letter words from DIRKES, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. SIDE, KIDS and RISK are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DIRKES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with DI · ending in ES · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DIKERS, DISKER, RISKED and SKRIED (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DIRKES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIRKES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 95) | 74 | 95 | 67 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 21 of them: DIRKES, KRISED, DIRKE, KEDS, REIKS, EIKS, ERKS, KED, REIK, SEIK, SERK, SKER and 9 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: DISKER, SKRIED, SKED, KIS, KI, DESI and EDS.
These 12 words take every letter of DIRKES plus a single extra one.