Unscramble DECEDENTS to get 139 words. DECEDENTS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1C34E1D2E1N12T1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DECEDENTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 22 with 6, 34 with 5, 40 with 4, 22 with 3 and 9 with 2.
DECEDENT is the only one of the 8-letter words made with DECEDENTS letters; it scores 12 points.
4 of 22 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DECEDENTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. NEEDED, DECENT and NESTED will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from DECEDENTS, CEDED leads with 9 points, then CEDES and SCEND on 8. NEEDS, TEENS and ENDED are the familiar ones.
CEDE tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DECEDENTS at 7 points; next come CEES and CENS on 6. NEED, SEND and TEEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DECEDENTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What DECEDENTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DECEDENTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECEDENTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 92 | 139 | 84 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEEDEST, SCENED, STEEDED, STENDED, TEENDED, CTENES, STEDDE, STEDED, STEENED, CTENE, DENETS, NEESED and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DESEED, TECS, TEC, EDS, ESNE, EST, TES and TE, 8 in all.
This word takes every letter of DECEDENTS plus a single extra one.