Unscramble MISDRIVING and you have 140 words, MISDRIVING itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DIVISIM, DRIVINGS and MIRVING lead with 13 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MISDRIVING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 9 with 7, 17 with 6, 22 with 5, 49 with 4, 33 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 9 letters.
MIRVS scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MISDRIVING at 10 points, ahead of DIVIS and VIRID on 9. RINGS, MINDS and RIGID are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in MISDRIVING, MIRV and VIMS tie for first at 9 points. SIGN, MIND and RING are everyday picks.
VIM scores highest among the 3-letter words made with MISDRIVING letters at 8 points, ahead of DIV and VID on 7. MID, SIR and SIN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MISDRIVING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with MI · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
MISDRIVING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MISDRIVING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISDRIVING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 112 | 140 | 100 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
28 of the 140 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DIVISIM, MIRVING, DIRIGISM, MIRVS, VIRING, DIVIS, MIRV, DIVI, DIVS, MINGS, NIGIRIS, RIGIDS and 16 more. 12 of the 140 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DIVINGS, MIRIDS, MIRID, MIRINS, VIDS, MIRIN, VID, VINS, VIN, GIS, SIG and GI.