Unscramble IDE to get 7 words. IDE itself is a real word: 4 points on a Scrabble board, 4 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 4 points: DEI and DIE. The best shorter words score 3: 4 of them, DE, ID and ED included. The 3 letters split into 2 vowels and 1 consonant.
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By length, the words from IDE split into 3 with 3 letters and 4 with 2.
Trade one tile of IDE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 3-letter words: starting with I · ending in DE · all 3-letter words
Here is what the 4 strongest answers mean; DIE (4 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
IDE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 7) | 4 | 7 | 4 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: DEI, IDE and DI.
These 12 words take every letter of IDE plus a single extra one.