diffidence needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 20 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 90 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
diffidence is the highest-scoring word from diffidence, worth 20 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 90 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in diffidence — and it is diffidence itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 20 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in diffidence produces 6 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with defined. For points, the strongest play is effendi — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling diffidence turns up 13 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with decide, defend, define, denied, and indeed. For points, the strongest play is niffed — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 16 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in diffidence. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dined, ended, fence, and niece. For points, the strongest plays are effed and fifed — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in diffidence produces 26 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deed, dice, died, dine, feed, find, and fine. For points, the strongest play is diff — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling diffidence turns up 19 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with did, die, end, fed, fee, and ice. For points, the strongest plays are eff and iff — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in diffidence. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id, if, and in. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and if — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in diffidence plus one additional letter.
diffidence is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for diffidence. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 20 points on a Scrabble board:
diffidence is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing diffidence unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is diffidence, worth 20 points in Scrabble, and no other word from diffidence earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in diffidence produce 90 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 6 seven-letter words, 13 six-letter words, 16 five-letter words, 26 four-letter words, 19 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.