Unscramble DISTRAINEE and you have 376 words, DISTRAINEE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2I1S1T1R1A1I1N12E1E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DISTRAINEE split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 42 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
42 8-letter words in DISTRAINEE; 31 of them share the top score of 9. RESIDENT, RETAINED and INSERTED are everyday picks.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DISTRAINEE come to 60, each scoring 8 points. INSTEAD, INSIDER and DIARIES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words from DISTRAINEE score 7 points. INSIDE, DESIRE and DESERT are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from DISTRAINEE scores 6. DATES, ASIDE and DRAIN are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in DISTRAINEE come to 60, each scoring 5 points. DATE, NEED and EDIT are the familiar ones.
28 of 60 3-letter words made with DISTRAINEE letters tie at 4 points; none scores more. ARE, ITS and END will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DISTRAINEE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in EE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DENTARIES, DETAINERS, DIETARIES and RESINATED (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DISTRAINEE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISTRAINEE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 376) | 287 | 376 | 267 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
89 of the 376 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DISTRAINEE, DENARIES, DIETINES, DRAISENE, DRAISINE, IRISATED, RINDIEST, SIDERATE, ASTERID, DEANERS, DERNIES, DIARISE and 77 more. 20 of the 376 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DENTARIES, AIRSIDE, DARNEST, NIDATES, SATINED, SATINIER, DENARI, DENARS, IDENTS, DENAR, DANS, DENI and 8 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of DISTRAINEE and one more.