Unscramble CREDITE and you get 122 words; CREDITE itself is not one of them. The best are RECITED and TIERCED at 10 points each. 5 shorter words score 9, among them CREDIT, DIRECT and DECEIT. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CREDITE split into 2 with 7 letters, 14 with 6, 25 with 5, 46 with 4, 24 with 3 and 11 with 2.
7 of 46 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CREDITE tie at 7 points; none scores more. EDIT, TREE and DIET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CREDITE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ED · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; RECITED and TIERCED (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CREDITE is not playable as it is in any of the three, yet its letters form 122 words that are.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREDITE itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 122) | 98 | 121 | 92 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CERTIE, DRICE, TICED, CIDE, DICT, TEDIER, CID, CREE, ERIC, ICER, TICE, TRIDE and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CRED, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, TEC and TE, 6 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 12 words take every letter of CREDITE plus a single extra one.