117 words come out when you unscramble SUBDIVIDE, starting with SUBDIVIDE itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DIVIDES, 12 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SUBDIVIDE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 22 with 5, 40 with 4, 34 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 8 letters.
VIBE and VIBS are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBDIVIDE, 9 points each. USED, SIDE and DIED will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SUBDIVIDE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in DE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DIVIDES (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SUBDIVIDE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBDIVIDE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 117) | 90 | 117 | 79 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
27 of the 117 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DIVIED, DEBUDS, VISIED, DEBUD, DIVIS, VIBS, BUDIS, DEBUS, DIEBS, DIVI, DIVS, VISIE and 15 more. 11 of the 117 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VIBED, DEVIS, BIDIS, DEVI, VIDS, BIDI, VID, SEV, BES, DESI and EDS.
These 3 words take every letter of SUBDIVIDE plus a single extra one.