182 words come out when you unscramble DECREMENT, starting with DECREMENT itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. CEMENTED is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DECREMENT split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 8 with 7, 40 with 6, 36 with 5, 52 with 4, 27 with 3 and 11 with 2.
EMCEED tops the 6-letter words from DECREMENT at 11 points; next come CEMENT and CERMET on 10. CENTER, RECENT and CENTRE will look familiar.
CREME and EMCEE share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DECREMENT. ENTER, METER and TREND are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with DECREMENT letters, CREM and MERC tie for first at 8 points. NEED, TEEN and TERM are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DECREMENT but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CEMENTED (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DECREMENT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECREMENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 136 | 182 | 128 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
46 of the 182 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DECREET, CENDRE, CERNED, MEERED, REMEDE, CREM, MENED, MENEER, MERED, TEMED, TEMENE, CERNE and 34 more. 8 of the 182 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RECEMENT, MENTEE, MERC, CRED, CERT, TREM, TEC and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of DECREMENT and one more.