Unscramble DECENCIES and you have 134 words, DECENCIES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SCIENCED leads with 13 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DECENCIES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 16 with 6, 26 with 5, 46 with 4, 30 with 3 and 11 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with DECENCIES letters: SCIENCED, 13 points.
6 of 26 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DECENCIES tie at 8 points; none scores more. NEEDS, SCENE and DENSE will look familiar.
ECCE scores highest among the 4-letter words made with DECENCIES letters at 8 points, ahead of CEDE and CEDI on 7. NEED, SEND and SIDE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DECENCIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What DECENCIES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DECENCIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECENCIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 134) | 91 | 134 | 86 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
43 of the 134 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCIENCED, DECCIES, DECCIE, INCEDES, INCEDE, SCENED, CIDES, ECCE, CIDE, CIDS, DESINE, NEESED and 31 more. 5 of the 134 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ECESIC, DENI, DESI, EDS and ESNE.
With one more tile, the letters of DECENCIES spell the words below.