Unscramble DISTINGUE to get 294 words. DISTINGUE itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 10, among them DIETINGS, DINGIEST and DUNGIEST. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DISTINGUE split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 23 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among 23 7-letter words in DISTINGUE, the top score is 9, reached by 14. EDITING and DIETING are the familiar ones.
23 of 59 6-letter words from DISTINGUE tie at 8 points; none scores more. UNITED, DESIGN and INSIDE will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DISTINGUE, the top score is 7, reached by 11. GUIDE, GUEST and INDIE are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DISTINGUE tie at 6 points; none scores more. EDIT, GETS and DIET will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from DISTINGUE, 5 score 5 points, the group's best. GET, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DISTINGUE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in UE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DINGIEST and DUNGIEST (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DISTINGUE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISTINGUE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 294) | 234 | 294 | 214 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: DIETINGS, EDITINGS, INDIGEST, DUGITES, GIUSTED, GUNDIES, STEDING, STINGED, UNITISED, DISTUNE, DITING, DUGITE and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: DUETING, IDENTS, STINGE, TENDUS, GITES, IDENT, TEGUS, TENDU, DENI, DESI, GITE, NEGS and 8 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of DISTINGUE and one more.