DIGRESSION

10 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What DIGRESSION Means

noun: a message that departs from the main subject
noun: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)“a diversion from the main highway”

Similar words

ASIDE EXCURSUS DIVAGATION DIVERSION DEVIATION DEFLECTION DEFLEXION

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DIGRESSION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 G2 R1 E1 S1 S1 I1 O1 N1.

Words Made From The Letters In DIGRESSION

655 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (10)

DERISIONS GNEISSOID INGROSSED IRONSIDES RESINOIDS RIGIDNESS RINGSIDES SEIGNIORS SIGNORIES SIRONISED

8 letter words (23)

DERISION DESIRING DORISING DRESSING GORINESS GRISSINO INDIGOES INDORSES INDRISES INSIDERS IODISERS IONISERS IRONISED IRONISES IRONSIDE RESIDING RESINOID RINGSIDE SEIGNIOR SIGNIORS SIGNORES SIRONISE SORDINES

7 letter words (67)

6 letter words (137)

5 letter words (150)

4 letter words (156)

3 letter words (88)

DEG DEI DEN DIE DIG DIN DIS DOE DOG DON DOR DOS DSO EDS EGO END ENG ENS EON ERG ERN ERS ESS GED GEN GEO GER GID GIE GIN GIO GIS GOD GOE GON GOR GOS IDE IDS ING INS ION IOS IRE ISO NED NEG NID NIE NIS NOD NOG NOR NOS ODE ODS OES OIS ONE ONS ORD ORE ORS OSE RED REG REI REN REO RES RID RIG RIN ROD ROE SED SEG SEI SEN SER SIN SIR SIS SOD SOG SON SOS SRI

2 letter words (24)

DE DI DO ED EN ER ES GI GO ID IN IO IS NE NO OD OE OI ON OR OS RE SI SO

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