Unscramble DEADLIEST to get 295 words. DEADLIEST itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2E1A1D2L12I1E1S1T1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DEADLIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
15 of 23 7-letter words made with DEADLIEST letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. DETAILS and TEDDIES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from DEADLIEST, 24 score 8 points, the group's best. LISTED, DETAIL and LADIES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEADLIEST, the top score is 7, reached by 16. DEALS, IDEAS and DATES are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words in DEADLIEST tie at 6 points; none scores more. DATE, SAID and SIDE will look familiar.
The 3-letter words made with DEADLIEST letters are led by ADD, DAD and DID, 5 points each. SEE, ITS and LET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEADLIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
DEADLIEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEADLIEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEADLIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 295) | 231 | 295 | 218 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DAIDLES, DEIDEST, SLEIDED, TADDIES, TIDDLES, ADDIES, DAIDLE, DALEDS, DEISEAL, IDEAED, LAIDED, SADDIE and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LADDIEST, ISLETED, DELTS, LEDES, DELT, DESI, LEDE, DAS, EDS, ATS, DA, EST and 1 more, 13 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of DEADLIEST spell the words below.