Unscramble DECOMPOSES and you have 241 words, DECOMPOSES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DECOMPOSE, 16 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DECOMPOSES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 9 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 17 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in DECOMPOSES: DECOMPOSE, 16 points.
The best of the 6-letter words from DECOMPOSES is COMPED, 13 points; COMPOS on 12 and COMEDO on 11 follow. SPEEDS, COSMOS and SCOPES are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from DECOMPOSES are led by COMPO and COMPS, 11 points each. SPEED, COMES and CODES are the familiar ones.
COMP tops the 4-letter words in DECOMPOSES at 10 points; next come CEPE and CEPS on 8. CODE, COME and MODE will look familiar.
Of the 56 3-letter words made with DECOMPOSES letters, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. SEE, SEC and PEE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DECOMPOSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COMPOSED (15 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DECOMPOSES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECOMPOSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 196 | 241 | 178 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: OPCODES, SPOOMED, COOMED, COPSED, MOOPED, OPCODE, SPOOMS, COOMS, DOOCES, DSOMOS, MOOPS, POSSED and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: COSMO, POMOS, POMO, POOED, DEPS, MEDS, DEP, ECOS, EMOS, ECO, EMO, MES and 6 more.
This word takes every letter of DECOMPOSES plus a single extra one.