291 words come out when you unscramble DISTANCING, starting with DISTANCING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. DISTANCING has 1 anagram here, DISCANTING, scoring 14 like DISTANCING itself. DANCINGS and INDICANTS are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DISTANCING by length: 2 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 12 with 8, 30 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
The 10-letter words in DISTANCING are 2: DISTANCING itself and 1 anagram, DISCANTING. Each scores 14 points.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with DISTANCING letters: INDICANTS, for 12 points.
Of the 30 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DISTANCING, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. DANCING, CASTING and SANDING are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words from DISTANCING, CIDING and DICING tie for first at 10 points. DATING, DINING and ACTING are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words in DISTANCING, the top score is 8, reached by 16. STAND, GIANT and GAINS are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 4-letter words made with DISTANCING letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. DISC, CAST and AIDS will look familiar.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DISTANCING; 4 of them share the top score of 6. CAN, ITS and ACT are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of DISTANCING, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What DISTANCING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DISTANCING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISTANCING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 291) | 219 | 291 | 198 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DANCINGS, CANTINGS, DICINGS, DICTING, CIDING, SDAINING, DAINING, DANTING, DIACTS, DINICS, NIDINGS, SINDING and 60 more, 72 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CANINGS, NIDATING, DATINGS, DININGS, SATINING, CNIDA, ATIGIS, CIGS, TASING, ATIGI, CIG, SIGNA and 9 more, 21 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of DISTANCING spell the words below.