Unscramble DEDUCTION and you have 242 words, DEDUCTION itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2E1D2U12C34T1I1O1N12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DEDUCTION split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 34 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
34 6-letter words from DEDUCTION; 6 of them share the top score of 10. UNITED, NOTICE and INDUCE are everyday picks.
CIDED, CODED and DICED share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEDUCTION. COUNT, NOTED and CITED are the ones most people know.
17 of 60 4-letter words in DEDUCTION tie at 7 points; none scores more. CODE, ONCE and DONE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with DEDUCTION letters, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. NOT, ONE and OUT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DEDUCTION for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by INDUCTED (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEDUCTION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEDUCTION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 192 | 242 | 176 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CUDDEN, CUDDIN, DICTED, DOUCINE, UNCITED, CIDED, CONDIE, DOUCET, DUTIED, ECONUT, TICED, TINDED and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: UNICED, DOUTED, CENTU, CUNIT, ONCET, IDENT, TENDU, DENI, DINO, DOUT, ECO, OUTIE and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNT.
Each word below uses all the letters of DEDUCTION and one more.