Unscramble DITHIOLS and you have 162 words, DITHIOLS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 11, among them DITHIOL, DOLTISH and HISTOID. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DITHIOLS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 10 with 6, 25 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DITHIOLS, the top score is 8, reached by 10. LIST, LOST and HOLD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DITHIOLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DI · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DITHIOL, DOLTISH, HISTOID and LITHOID (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts DITHIOLS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DITHIOLS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 162) | 132 | 162 | 122 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
30 of the 162 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DITHIOLS, DOTISH, DHOLS, DHOL, HILD, HIOIS, IDOLIST, LITHS, THOLI, HIOI, HOIS, LITH and 18 more. 10 of the 162 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOHS, DOSH, SIDH, DOH, HOS, LOIDS, SHO, SOH, LOID and OI.