Unscramble DECHLORINATION and you have 521 words, DECHLORINATION itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The 14 letters split into 6 vowels and 8 consonants.
D2E1C34H43L12O1R1I1N12A1T1I1O1N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DECHLORINATION split into 1 with 14 letters, 3 with 12, 11 with 11, 40 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 46 with 2. None has 13 letters.
CHLORINATION scores highest among the 12-letter words made with DECHLORINATION letters at 17 points, ahead of INCOORDINATE on 15 and NONEDITORIAL on 13.
The 11-letter words in DECHLORINATION are led by CHLORINATED and CHONDROITIN, 17 points each. CONDITIONAL, CONDITIONER and DIRECTIONAL are the familiar ones.
7 of 40 10-letter words from DECHLORINATION tie at 16 points; none scores more. RELOCATION, COORDINATE and DECORATION will look familiar.
Of the 60 9-letter words you get when you unscramble DECHLORINATION, 17 score 15 points, the group's best. CONDITION, CONTAINED and NORTHLAND are the ones most people know.
60 8-letter words from DECHLORINATION; 34 of them share the top score of 14. CHILDREN, CHLORIDE and CHLORINE are everyday picks.
40 of 60 7-letter words in DECHLORINATION tie at 13 points; none scores more. CHANNEL, CHAIRED and CATHODE will look familiar.
60 6-letter words made with DECHLORINATION letters; 26 of them share the top score of 12. ANCHOR, ORCHID and COHORT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DECHLORINATION, 12 score 11 points, the group's best. CHINA, CHILD and CHAIR are the ones most people know.
CHAD, CHID and DICH are the top 4-letter words from DECHLORINATION, 10 points each. EACH, HARD and HAND will look familiar.
60 3-letter words in DECHLORINATION; 9 of them share the top score of 8. CAN, HAD and CAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DECHLORINATION but one, change that one, and you get:
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What DECHLORINATION means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DECHLORINATION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECHLORINATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 521) | 390 | 519 | 343 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANHIDROTIC, CHLORIDATE, DITROCHEAN, CHAETODON, INCHOATED, INCHOATION, INCOORDINATE, LICHENOID, OCTOHEDRA, ORTHOCAINE, THEANDRIC, TRENCHAND and 119 more, 131 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CHOLEROID, DICHROITE, ANTICHLOR, ENCHORIAL, HELICONIA, ICHNOLITE, NONHEROIC, NONRHOTIC, OCHEROID, TECHNOID, CEILIDH, CHATLINE and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ENTORHINAL. Not in Scrabble UK: CHOLO.
Each word below uses all the letters of DECHLORINATION and one more.