Unscramble DEBASEMENTS to get 356 words. DEBASEMENTS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. DEBASEMENT is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DEBASEMENTS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 25 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in DEBASEMENTS: DEBASEMENT, for 15 points.
Of the 25 8-letter words you get when you unscramble DEBASEMENTS, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. BASEMENT, EASEMENT and ABSENTEE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 7-letter words from DEBASEMENTS, the top score is 12, reached by 8. MADNESS, DEBATES and BADNESS are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 6-letter words from DEBASEMENTS tie at 11 points; none scores more. DEBATE, SEEMED and ABSENT will look familiar.
BEMAD and EMBED share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words in DEBASEMENTS. BASED, NAMED and BANDS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with DEBASEMENTS letters; 4 of them share the top score of 8. BEEN, BEST and MADE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEBASEMENTS, BAM leads with 7 points, then BAD and BED on 6. END, MAN and MEN are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of DEBASEMENTS, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BASEMENTS, BEADSMEN, BEDESMAN, BEDESMEN, BEDMATES and BEMEANED (13 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEBASEMENTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEBASEMENTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 356) | 278 | 354 | 259 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
78 of the 356 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEMETED, EMBASED, BEMADS, BEMEANT, BEMETES, BETEEMS, DEMEANES, EMBASES, EMBASTE, ENSEAMED, AMENDES, BEASTED and 66 more. 17 of the 356 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DAMNESTS, STAMENED, DAMNEST, MANEBS, MANEB, MENTEES, MEDS, BAES, BAE, BES, MES, DAN and 5 more. 2 of the 356 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: TABESES and AEDESES.