Unscramble DISTANCES to get 319 words. DISTANCES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 11, among them DISTANCE, ACIDNESS and DANCIEST. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DISTANCES split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 44 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
44 7-letter words in DISTANCES; 12 of them share the top score of 10. INSTEAD, INSECTS and STAINED are everyday picks.
21 of 60 6-letter words from DISTANCES tie at 9 points; none scores more. INSECT, DANCES and STANCE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DISTANCES, 31 score 8 points, the group's best. CASES, DANCE and CITED are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with DISTANCES letters; 16 of them share the top score of 7. CASE, NICE and DISC are everyday picks.
CAD and CID are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DISTANCES, 6 points each. CAN, ITS and END will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of DISTANCES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
DISTANCES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DISTANCES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISTANCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 319) | 261 | 319 | 233 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
58 of the 319 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACIDEST, CADIES, CANDIE, CANIEST, CASTED, DIACTS, ANETIC, CADIE, CASSIE, CIDES, CITESS, DIACT and 46 more. 28 of the 319 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANCIEST, DACITES, CASSINE, CISTED, CNIDAE, DACITE, DECANI, DECANS, CENTAI, CENTAS, CNIDA, DECAN and 16 more.
These 5 words take every letter of DISTANCES plus a single extra one.