6-Letter Words With DIRE
- 3 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 6-Letter Words With DIRE
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 6-Letter Words With DIRE 3 words
How often does DIRE appear in six-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 3 six-letter words containing DIRE. They average 8.7 points and the best is DIRELY (10 points).
- Total words
- 3
- Average Scrabble score
- 8.7
- out of 10 max
- Everyday words
- 67%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- T
- 66.7% of words
Most common last letters
- t 66.7%
- y 33.3%
Highest-scoring six-letter word containing DIRE
d 2i 1r 1e 1l 1y 4
D 2 + I 1 + R 1 + E 1 + L 1 + Y 4 = 10 points
- Double word
- 20 pts
- Triple word
- 30 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
direly
Form of dire
- adjectivefraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless“a desperate illness”
- adjectivecausing fear or dread or terror“the awful war”
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How many six-letter words containing DIRE are there?
There are 3 six-letter words containing DIRE in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring six-letter word containing DIRE?
DIRELY is worth 10 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are DIRECT (9), DIREST (7).