203 words come out when you unscramble DEACTIVATE, starting with DEACTIVATE itself: 16 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DEACTIVATE split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 10 with 7, 24 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 17 with 2.
ADVECT, ADVICE and DEVICE are the top 6-letter words from DEACTIVATE, 12 points each. ACTIVE, DETECT and CAVEAT will look familiar.
The 5-letter words from DEACTIVATE are led by CAVED and VICED, 11 points each. CITED, ACTED and ATTIC are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in DEACTIVATE, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. DATE, DATA and EDIT are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words made with DEACTIVATE letters is VAC, 8 points; DEV and DIV on 7 follow. ACT, AID and CAT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DEACTIVATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACTIVATED and CAVITATED (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEACTIVATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEACTIVATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 203) | 158 | 203 | 149 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
45 of the 203 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EVITATED, AVIETTE, EVITATE, CIVE, DECTET, CAAED, CADEE, CADIE, DEEV, DIACT, TICED, TIETAC and 33 more. 9 of the 203 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAVA, DACITE, DEVI, VID, ACAI, ATTED, TEC, DA and TE.
These 3 words take every letter of DEACTIVATE plus a single extra one.