Unscramble DIVERSIFY and you have 185 words, DIVERSIFY itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, VERSIFY leads with 16 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2I1V45E1R1S1I1F4Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DIVERSIFY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 11 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
VERSIFY is the only one of the 7-letter words made with DIVERSIFY letters; it scores 16 points.
Of the 48 5-letter words from DIVERSIFY, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. DRIVE, FIRED and RIDES are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DIVERSIFY, DEFY and FYRD tie for first at 11 points. VERY, SIDE and FIVE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with DIVERSIFY letters are led by FEY, FRY and IVY, 9 points each. YES, RED and DIE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DIVERSIFY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in FY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by VERSIFY (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DIVERSIFY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIVERSIFY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 139 | 184 | 126 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: FYRDS, YRIVD, FYRD, SYVER, FEYS, RYFE, VISIED, DERVS, DIVIS, DREYS, FIDES, FIRIES and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: DEVIS, DEVI, DIFS, VIDS, DEF, DIF, VID, FES, SEV, YER, DESI, FE and 1 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.