Unscramble DEACONSHIP and you have 370 words, DEACONSHIP itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SCAPHOID, 16 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DEACONSHIP by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 26 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 41 with 2.
Among the 8-letter words made with DEACONSHIP letters, SCAPHOID leads with 16 points, then APHONICS and CHOPINES on 15. ADHESION, DIOCESAN and CANOPIES are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DEACONSHIP tie at 15 points; none scores more. HOSPICE, SPINACH and CANDIES will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from DEACONSHIP, the top score is 13, reached by 15. PHONES, INCHES and CHOSEN are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 5-letter words from DEACONSHIP tie at 12 points; none scores more. PHONE, CHINA and CHEAP will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in DEACONSHIP, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. EACH, SHOP and CASH are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with DEACONSHIP letters; 18 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, HAD and PIC are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DEACONSHIP but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in IP · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SCAPHOID (16 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEACONSHIP is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEACONSHIP itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 370) | 304 | 370 | 268 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
66 of the 370 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEACONSHIP, PHACOID, DIPHONES, EPOCHAS, INCHASED, DIASCOPE, DIPHONE, ENDSHIP, EPOCHA, PHAEIC, PHENIC, PHOCAE and 54 more. 36 of the 370 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAPONISED, APHONIES, CAPISH, CHINSED, DONSHIP, SCHNEID, CAPONISE, COHESIN, ENDCAPS, ANCHOS, CHINSE, ENDCAP and 24 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DEACONSHIP spell the words below.