Unscramble DISTRAILS and you have 218 words, DISTRAILS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DIALISTS, DIARISTS and DISTRAIL lead with 9 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2I1S1T1R1A1I1L12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DISTRAILS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 5 with 7, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 17 with 2.
36 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DISTRAILS tie at 6 points; none scores more. LISTS, RAILS and LASTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DISTRAILS, 37 score 5 points, the group's best. LAST, SAID and ARTS are the ones most people know.
15 of 50 3-letter words from DISTRAILS tie at 4 points; none scores more. ITS, ART and AIR will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of DISTRAILS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DIALISTS and DIARISTS (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DISTRAILS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISTRAILS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 172 | 218 | 164 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: DISTRAILS, DISTRAIL, DITALS, IRIDAL, SAIDST, SLAIDS, STRADS, DALIS, DALTS, DARIS, DISAS, DITAL and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: LIATRIS, TRADS, LASSI, DAS, LIAS, ATS, DA and RAI.
With one more tile, the letters of DISTRAILS spell the words below.