Unscramble DECIMAL and you have 161 words, DECIMAL itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 5 anagrams, each with the same 12 points: CAMELID, CLAIMED, DECLAIM, MALICED and MEDICAL. Of the shorter words, CALMED and MACLED lead with 11 points. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of DECIMAL in one turn: 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50), 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DECIMAL split into 6 with 7 letters, 7 with 6, 30 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 18 with 2.
The 5-letter words from DECIMAL are led by DEMIC, MACED and MEDIC, 10 points each. EMAIL, MEDIA and CLAIM are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DECIMAL; 10 of them share the top score of 8. MAIL, MADE and CAME are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DECIMAL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in AL · all 7-letter words
The meaning of DECIMAL, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DECIMAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECIMAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 136 | 161 | 129 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: MALICED, MALEIC, CLAME, MAELID, CADIE, CALID, CLEM, CLIED, CIDE, ECAD, CID, CIEL and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: CAMELID, DEMIC, CAMI, EMAIL, MIC, CAL and DA.
These 12 words take every letter of DECIMAL plus a single extra one.