Unscramble DECADENCY to get 116 words. DECADENCY itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DECENCY and CADENCY lead with 15 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1C34A1D2E1N12C34Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DECADENCY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 9 with 6, 19 with 5, 32 with 4, 32 with 3 and 15 with 2.
CYCAD tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DECADENCY at 13 points; next come CADDY on 12 and CANDY on 11. DANCE, ENDED and DECAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DECADENCY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in CY · all 9-letter words
What DECADENCY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DECADENCY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECADENCY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 116) | 87 | 116 | 82 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
29 of the 116 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACCENDED, DENAYED, ACCEND, DANCY, ADDY, CANY, DECAD, DENAY, CADEE, ECCE, NYED, YEAD and 17 more. 5 of the 116 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANCEY, NEDDY, DECAN, DAN and DA.