Unscramble DECRESCENCES to get 216 words. DECRESCENCES itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DECRESCENCE leads with 18 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DECRESCENCES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 9, 8 with 8, 26 with 7, 44 with 6, 53 with 5, 50 with 4, 24 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in DECRESCENCES: DECRESCENCE, for 18 points.
CREDENCES is the only one of the 9-letter words made with DECRESCENCES letters; it scores 14 points.
RECCEED tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DECRESCENCES at 12 points; next come CREESED and DECERNS on 10. SCREENS, ESSENCE and DECREES will look familiar.
RECCED scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DECRESCENCES at 11 points, ahead of RECCES on 10 and CEDERS on 9. SCREEN, SCENES and SENDER are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from DECRESCENCES, RECCE leads with 9 points, then CEDER and CEDES on 8. NEEDS, SENSE and SCENE are the familiar ones.
ECCE scores highest among the 4-letter words in DECRESCENCES at 8 points, ahead of CEDE and CRED on 7. NEED, SEND and SEEN are the ones most people know.
This word has the length of DECRESCENCES, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CREDENCES (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts DECRESCENCES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECRESCENCES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 160 | 216 | 149 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
56 of the 216 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DECRESCENCES, DECRESCENCE, RECCEED, RECENSED, CREESED, RECENSES, SCERNED, CENDRE, CERNED, RECENSE, SCENED, SCERNES and 44 more. 11 of the 216 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RECCED, SENESCED, SENESCE, CREDS, CRED, ESNES, RESES, SENES, EDS, ESNE and ESSE.