411 words come out when you unscramble DECOLONISING, starting with DECOLONISING itself: 16 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 13: 9 of them, DECLINING, ENCODINGS and CONSIGNED included. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DECOLONISING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 10, 23 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 11 letters.
All 2 of the 10-letter words made with DECOLONISING letters score 13 points.
7 of 23 9-letter words in DECOLONISING tie at 13 points; none scores more. LICENSING, DECLINING and ENCLOSING will look familiar.
Among 60 8-letter words from DECOLONISING, the top score is 12, reached by 11. DECISION, ENCODING and SILICONE are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DECOLONISING tie at 11 points; none scores more. CLOSING, CONSOLE and COOLING will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words in DECOLONISING, the top score is 10, reached by 6. SECOND, CLOSED and CODING are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with DECOLONISING letters, 41 score 8 points, the group's best. CLOSE, CODES and LOGIC are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DECOLONISING, the top score is 7, reached by 22. GOOD, CODE and GOLD are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from DECOLONISING, 5 score 6 points, the group's best. END, GOD and LOG are the ones most people know.
These 4 words have the length of DECOLONISING, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
What DECOLONISING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DECOLONISING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECOLONISING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 411) | 329 | 410 | 303 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 82 of them: ENCODINGS, COOSENING, COOSINING, INCEDING, CIELINGS, COININGS, COOLINGS, COOSINED, DICINGS, DOOCING, ICONISED, ISODICON and 70 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: DECOLONISING, IONOGENIC, CODINGS, DIOSGENIN, ECLOSING, NOODLINGS, LENDINGS, LESIONING, DININGS, DONGLES, LOCING, CEILIS and 14 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: COOLIES.