365 words come out when you unscramble DISTRIBUTIONS, starting with DISTRIBUTIONS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DISTRIBUTION leads with 15 points. 13 letters: 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DISTRIBUTIONS split into 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 1 with 10, 6 with 9, 29 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Just 1 of the 12-letter words in DISTRIBUTIONS: DISTRIBUTION, for 15 points.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with DISTRIBUTIONS letters: ROUTINISTS, 10 points.
Of the 29 8-letter words from DISTRIBUTIONS, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. TOURISTS and DISTRUST are the ones most people know.
9 of 60 7-letter words from DISTRIBUTIONS tie at 10 points; none scores more. STUDIOS, BUTTONS and TOURIST will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words in DISTRIBUTIONS, the top score is 9, reached by 12. BUTTON, ROBUST and BOUNDS are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words made with DISTRIBUTIONS letters; 21 of them share the top score of 8. BONUS, BOUND and DOUBT are everyday picks.
19 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DISTRIBUTIONS tie at 7 points; none scores more. BORN, BIRD and BIDS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from DISTRIBUTIONS, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. BUT, BIT and BID are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DISTRIBUTIONS for another and you can spell this word:
More 13-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NS · all 13-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BUNDISTS, DISTURBS, DUSTBINS and SUNBIRDS (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DISTRIBUTIONS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISTRIBUTIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 365) | 270 | 363 | 253 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 95 of them: BRINDISIS, BRINDISI, BURINISTS, TURBONDS, BITTOURS, BURINIST, RIBSTONS, SUBTRIST, TURBOND, BIDONS, BINIOUS, BITTORS and 83 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: BOUDINS, BOURSINS, ROUTINISTS, BOUDIN, BOURSIN, ROUTINIST, BIDIS, RUDISTS, TSUBOS, BIDI, BIROS, BRISS and 5 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: BINTS and BINT.