334 words come out when you unscramble DEACTIVATES, starting with DEACTIVATES itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DEACTIVATES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 8 with 9, 18 with 8, 43 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
DEACTIVATE tops the 10-letter words made with DEACTIVATES letters at 16 points; next comes AESTIVATED on 14.
Among the 8-letter words from DEACTIVATES, CAVEATED leads with 14 points, then ACTIVATE and CAVITATE on 13. DICTATES is the familiar one.
5 of 43 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DEACTIVATES tie at 13 points; none scores more. DEVICES, ACETATE and DETECTS will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words made with DEACTIVATES letters, ADVECT, ADVICE and DEVICE tie for first at 12 points. ACTIVE, STATIC and DETECT are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEACTIVATES are led by CAVED and VICED, 11 points each. SAVED, VISTA and CITED are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 4-letter words from DEACTIVATES tie at 9 points; none scores more. SAVE, DISC and VICE will look familiar.
VAC scores highest among the 3-letter words in DEACTIVATES at 8 points, ahead of DEV and DIV on 7. ACT, ADS and AID are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEACTIVATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACTIVATED, CAVITATED and VESICATED (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEACTIVATES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEACTIVATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 334) | 262 | 334 | 242 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
72 of the 334 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EVITATED, AVIDEST, AVIETTES, ESTACADE, EVITATES, ACIDEST, AVIETTE, AVISED, CIVES, DECTETS, EVITATE, STIVED and 60 more. 20 of the 334 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAVAS, DACITES, CAVA, CISTED, DACITE, DEVIS, STEVIA, DEVI, VIDS, AETATIS, VID, ACAI and 8 more.