Unscramble DECEPTION and you have 264 words, DECEPTION itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 13, among them DEPEINCT, INCEPTED and PEINCTED. The 9 letters split into 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 DECEPTION split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 15 with 7, 46 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
5 of 46 6-letter words from DECEPTION tie at 11 points; none scores more. NOTICE, OPENED and DECENT will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DECEPTION is COPED, 10 points; COPEN and OPTIC on 9 follow. POINT, TOPIC and PIECE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with DECEPTION letters, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. CODE, OPEN and ONCE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DECEPTION, the top score is 7, reached by 4. TOP, END and NET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DECEPTION for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with INCEPTED (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DECEPTION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECEPTION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 264) | 206 | 264 | 196 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: DEPEINCT, PEINCTED, PENTICED, PEDETIC, EPODIC, PENTICE, PEINCT, PICENE, PICOTE, PIECEN, PONTIC, CONDIE and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: COPI, ONCET, PEDI, DEP, IDENT, ECO, TEC, PO, OI and TE.
This word takes every letter of DECEPTION plus a single extra one.