159 words come out when you unscramble DISTAINS, starting with DISTAINS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2I1S1T1A1I1N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DISTAINS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 12 with 6, 35 with 5, 54 with 4, 39 with 3 and 16 with 2.
18 of 35 5-letter words from DISTAINS tie at 6 points; none scores more. STAND, SAINT and SATIN will look familiar.
Among 54 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DISTAINS, the top score is 5, reached by 24. SAID, ANTI and AIDS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DISTAINS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of DISTAINS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DISTAINS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISTAINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 113 | 159 | 103 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
46 of the 159 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DAINTS, IDANTS, INDIAS, SAIDST, DAINT, DANTS, DISAS, IDANT, INDIA, SIDAS, SINDS, TINDS and 34 more. 10 of the 159 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANS, STANS, TIANS, DAN, DAS, STAN, TIAN, ATS, DA and SAN.
Each word below uses all the letters of DISTAINS and one more.