Unscramble DRIPPIEST and you have 255 words, DRIPPIEST itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, STRIPPED and DIPPIEST lead with 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DRIPPIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 17 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Of the 48 6-letter words from DRIPPIEST, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. SPIRIT, SPIDER and PRIEST are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DRIPPIEST is PIPED, 10 points; PEPSI and PERPS on 9 follow. STRIP, TRIPS and PRIDE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in DRIPPIEST, the top score is 8, reached by 8. SIDE, TIPS and EDIT are the familiar ones.
PEP and PIP are the top 3-letter words made with DRIPPIEST letters, 7 points each. ITS, SET and RED will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DRIPPIEST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DR · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
DRIPPIEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DRIPPIEST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRIPPIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 215 | 255 | 201 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
40 of the 255 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PIERIDS, PEPSI, PIERID, PIPIS, PISTED, RIPPS, RISPED, PIERIS, PIERST, PIERTS, PIPI, RIPP and 28 more. 14 of the 255 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PERPS, PEDIS, PERITI, PERP, SITREP, DEPS, PEDI, DEP, DESI, PST, EDS, EST and 2 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DRIPPIEST spell the words below.