283 words come out when you unscramble DECONGESTS, starting with DECONGESTS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CONGESTED and DECONGEST lead with 13 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DECONGESTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 6 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
CONGEED scores highest among the 7-letter words from DECONGESTS at 11 points, ahead of CESTODE and CONGEES on 10. SECONDS, DENOTES and DESCENT are the ones most people know.
CONGED tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DECONGESTS at 10 points; next come CENSED and CESSED on 9. SECOND, SCENES and DECENT will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with DECONGESTS letters, 11 score 8 points, the group's best. COSTS, CODES and SCENE are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DECONGESTS tie at 7 points; none scores more. DOES, CODE and COST will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from DECONGESTS, COD, COG and DOC tie for first at 6 points. NOT, GET and END are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DECONGESTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CONGESTED (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DECONGESTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECONGESTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 283) | 229 | 283 | 215 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONGED, SCENED, COSED, COSTES, CTENES, ESTOCS, GESSED, GOSSED, SCOGS, SONCES, CESSE, COND and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OGEED, ONCET, SOCES, TENGES, ECOS, TECS, ECO, SOC, TEC, EDS, GOS, NEG and 2 more, 14 in all.