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Anagrams of DIRE

DIRE has 4 letters and 2 anagrams that use every letter: RIDE and IRED. Its letters also make 10 shorter words, listed below by length with their points.

DIRE: fraught with extreme danger (WordNet 3.1, Princeton University)

Full anagrams of DIRE (2)

Every word below uses all 4 letters of DIRE (D I R E), each exactly once.

RIDE
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

3-letter words from the letters of DIRE (5)

  • DIE4
  • IRE3
  • RED4
  • REI3
  • RID4

2-letter words from the letters of DIRE (5)

  • DE3
  • ED3
  • ER2
  • ID3
  • RE2

What the words from DIRE mean

DIE
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to…
IRE
a strong emotion
RED
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange)
RID
relieve from
RE
the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
ID
(psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity

Short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

DIRE in numbers

Letters
4 (2 vowels, 4 different)
Full anagrams
2
Words from its letters
10
Longest shorter word
DIE, IRE and RED (3 letters)
Best score
RIDE, 5 points
DIRE itself
5 points before bonus squares

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Anagrams come from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Meanings are short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University). Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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Questions

What is an anagram of DIRE?

RIDE and IRED: the words using exactly the letters D I R E, each once.

How many words can you make from the letters of DIRE?

12 words of two letters or more (2 using all 4 letters), each letter used at most once, from Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words).

What is the highest-scoring word from DIRE?

RIDE, worth 5 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares.

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