Unscramble DECREASES to get 235 words. DECREASES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 6 of them, DECREASE, RECESSED and CARESSED included. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DECREASES split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 17 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 35 with 3 and 12 with 2.
14 of 44 6-letter words from DECREASES tie at 9 points; none scores more. SACRED, SCARED and DECREE will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DECREASES, the top score is 8, reached by 18. CARDS, CASES and DRESS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in DECREASES, 10 score 7 points, the group's best. READ, CASE and CARE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DECREASES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What DECREASES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DECREASES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECREASES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 235) | 184 | 234 | 176 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: CREESED, SEARCED, CADEES, SEARCES, AESCES, CADEE, CESSER, ECADS, SCRAES, SEARCE, ACERS, AREDES and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: CREDS, CRED, EASERS, DAS, EDS, ESSE and DA. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: AEDESES.
These 2 words take every letter of DECREASES plus a single extra one.