Diktats is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 128 anagrams from letters in diktats (adikstt).
1930-35; German: literally, something dictated Latin dictātus, past participle of dictāre to dictate
Even in 1960 such a diktat might have been, well, “understandable” in a Southern city such as Washington then was.
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