Unscramble DITHIONATE and you have 265 words, DITHIONATE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ATHETOID leads with 12 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DITHIONATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 9 with 8, 8 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2. None has 9 letters.
9 of 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DITHIONATE tie at 10 points; none scores more. ATTEND, DONATE and IODINE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from DITHIONATE; 10 of them share the top score of 9. DEATH, NOTED and INDIE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DITHIONATE, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. DATE, THEN and HAND are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 3-letter words from DITHIONATE tie at 7 points; none scores more. HAD, END and HOT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DITHIONATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ATHETOID (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DITHIONATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DITHIONATE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 265) | 207 | 265 | 189 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
58 of the 265 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DITHIONATE, HAINED, TATHED, AHIND, DONAH, HOAED, HOIED, AHENT, AHINT, ATTONED, HEID, HEND and 46 more. 18 of the 265 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HOTTIE, TAENIOID, AHED, HAINT, ODAH, DOH, NIDATE, AHI, ATTED, IDENT, DENI, DINO and 6 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DITHIONATE spell the words below.