Unscramble DECONGESTANT and you have 403 words, DECONGESTANT itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ENDECAGONS leads with 14 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DECONGESTANT by length: 1 with 12 letters, 4 with 10, 20 with 9, 50 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
ENDECAGONS scores highest among the 10-letter words in DECONGESTANT at 14 points, ahead of CONDENSATE and COTANGENTS on 13.
Among the 9-letter words made with DECONGESTANT letters, CONGESTED, DECONGEST and ENDECAGON tie for first at 13 points. CONTESTED, ANECDOTES and CONSENTED are everyday picks.
CANTDOGS, COTTAGED and DECAGONS share the top score of 12 among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble DECONGESTANT. CONTENTS, CONSTANT and COTTAGES are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 7-letter words from DECONGESTANT tie at 11 points; none scores more. CONTENT, CONSENT and CONTEST will look familiar.
CADGES, CONGED and GEDACT share the top score of 10 among the 6-letter words from DECONGESTANT. SECOND, DETECT and DECENT are the ones most people know.
CADGE and CAGED are the top 5-letter words in DECONGESTANT, 9 points each. DANCE, COAST and CANON will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with DECONGESTANT letters, 21 score 7 points, the group's best. CODE, CASE and COST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DECONGESTANT, the top score is 6, reached by 5. CAN, GET and END are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DECONGESTANT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NT · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CONGESTED (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DECONGESTANT works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECONGESTANT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 403) | 323 | 403 | 303 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 80 of them: ENDECAGONS, ENDECAGON, CENTONATES, CONSTATED, COSTEANED, DANCETTES, CENTAGES, CENTONATE, CODETTAS, COSTATED, DANCETTE, ESCOTTED and 68 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: COTTAGED, ECOTAGES, ECOTAGE, AGENTED, ANGSTED, DANGEST, DECANS, CENTAS, DECAN, ASCON, ECOS, ECO and 8 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of DECONGESTANT and one more.