233 words come out when you unscramble DECATHLETE, starting with DECATHLETE itself: 16 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CHELATED, 14 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DECATHLETE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 17 with 7, 36 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 19 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in DECATHLETE: DELECTATE, 12 points.
CHELATED is the only one of the 8-letter words made with DECATHLETE letters; it scores 14 points.
Among 17 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DECATHLETE, the top score is 13, reached by 7. ELECTED, ATHLETE and CHEATED are the familiar ones.
6 of 36 6-letter words from DECATHLETE tie at 12 points; none scores more. DELETE, CATTLE and DETECT will look familiar.
ACHED and ECHED share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words in DECATHLETE. DEATH, DELTA and TEACH are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with DECATHLETE letters, CHAD leads with 10 points, then ACHE and CATH on 9. DATE, EACH and HEAD are the familiar ones.
4 of 49 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DECATHLETE tie at 8 points; none scores more. HAD, LET and ACT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DECATHLETE for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CHELATED (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DECATHLETE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECATHLETE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 190 | 233 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EECHED, EATCHE, ELCHEE, CLATTED, TATHED, CHAL, DECTET, EECH, HEALD, HEALEE, HELED, LATHEE and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CATHED, DELECTATE, CATH, ECHT, TECH, AHED, ATTED, EELED, LAH, CAL, TEC, DA and 1 more, 13 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of DECATHLETE spell the words below.