Unscramble DIVERGING and you have 164 words, DIVERGING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 13: 4 of them, DERIVING, GRIEVING and REGIVING included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DIVERGING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 9 with 7, 24 with 6, 32 with 5, 43 with 4, 41 with 3 and 10 with 2.
DIVING and GIVING share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words from DIVERGING. VIRGIN, DRIVEN and RIDING are the ones most people know.
GIVED tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DIVERGING at 10 points; next come DIVER and DRIVE on 9. GIVEN, RIDGE and INDIE will look familiar.
Among 43 4-letter words in DIVERGING, the top score is 8, reached by 9. GIVE, RING and RIDE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DIVERGING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of DIVERGING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DIVERGING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIVERGING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 164) | 129 | 164 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VIRGINED, RIEVING, GIVED, VIRING, VIRED, VIRGE, DERING, DERV, DIRIGE, DIVI, VERD, VINER and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEVI, IGGED, VID, VIN, DENI, IGG, NEG and GI, 8 in all.