Unscramble DECELERATION and you have 444 words, DECELERATION itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 13: 5 of them, CREDENTIAL, INTERLACED and CENTROIDAL included. It has 12 letters, 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DECELERATION by length: 1 with 12 letters, 9 with 10, 36 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 38 with 2. None has 11 letters.
9 10-letter words in DECELERATION; 5 of them share the top score of 13. CREDENTIAL is an everyday pick.
Among 36 9-letter words made with DECELERATION letters, the top score is 12, reached by 19. TOLERANCE, ELECTRODE and RELOCATED are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 8-letter words from DECELERATION, 49 score 11 points, the group's best. DOCTRINE, CENTERED and DELICATE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DECELERATION scores 10. CREATED, LOCATED and ELECTED are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 6-letter words in DECELERATION score 9 points. CREDIT, CANDLE and DECENT are the ones most people know.
56 of 60 5-letter words made with DECELERATION letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. DANCE, ACTOR and DECOR will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DECELERATION, 27 score 7 points, the group's best. CODE, CARE and CARD are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 3-letter words from DECELERATION tie at 6 points; none scores more. CAN, CAR and END will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DECELERATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ON · all 12-letter words
What DECELERATION means, then the 6 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DECELERATION 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECELERATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 444) | 364 | 444 | 327 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CENTROIDAL, DECLINATOR, DECLINATE, NEOTERICAL, CENTRODE, CLARETED, CRINATED, CROTALINE, ENCRADLE, NECTARED, TREACLED, ARCTOID and 68 more, 80 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DECALITRE, DECELERON, DENTICARE, LORICATED, NECTARIED, ACTIONED, CLARIONET, CRENELATE, DERACINE, LACERTINE, NOTECARD, RECLINATE and 25 more, 37 in all.
This word takes every letter of DECELERATION plus a single extra one.