Unscramble DEACONING to get 263 words. DEACONING itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DEACONING split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 14 with 7, 47 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Among 47 6-letter words from DEACONING, the top score is 10, reached by 4. ENDING, CODING and GAINED are the familiar ones.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEACONING, CADGE and CAGED tie for first at 9 points. DOING, DANCE and CANON are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in DEACONING, 20 score 7 points, the group's best. CODE, ONCE and NICE are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 3-letter words made with DEACONING letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. CAN, END and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DEACONING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What DEACONING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEACONING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEACONING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 263) | 204 | 261 | 189 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
57 of the 263 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONGED, OCEANID, ANGICO, CANDIE, CONDIE, NONAGED, CADIE, COGIE, CONNIE, DAEING, DONING, GANNED and 45 more. 17 of the 263 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CNIDAE, DECANI, CNIDA, DECAN, NEONIC, INNAGE, CIG, GONNA, DENI, DINO, ECO, DAN and 5 more. 2 of the 263 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCE and DAGO.
With one more tile, the letters of DEACONING spell the words below.