Unscramble DECERNING and you have 224 words, DECERNING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, RECEDING leads with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DECERNING split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 20 with 7, 41 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 11 with 2.
CRINGED and GRIECED are the top 7-letter words made with DECERNING letters, 11 points each. GENERIC, NEEDING and GRINNED will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words from DECERNING, CEDING and GRICED tie for first at 10 points. ENGINE, ENDING and GENDER are everyday picks.
Of the 46 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DECERNING, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. GREEN, GENRE and INNER are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DECERNING; 6 of them share the top score of 7. NEED, NICE and RING are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DECERNING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of DECERNING, and of the 5 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DECERNING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECERNING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 155 | 224 | 147 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 69 of them: GRIECED, CEDRINE, CERNING, CREEING, ENERGIC, ENRINGED, GRICED, CENDRE, CERNED, CIERGE, CRINED, DERNING and 57 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: GENNED, CRED, CIG, REGIE, DENI, NINER, NEG and GI.
With one more tile, the letters of DECERNING spell the words below.