119 words come out when you unscramble DEEPENING, starting with DEEPENING itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PENDING and PEENGED lead with 11 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DEEPENING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 17 with 6, 13 with 5, 33 with 4, 37 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 33 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEEPENING, 7 score 7 points, the group's best. NEED, DEEP and EDGE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DEEPENING for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
DEEPENING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEEPENING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEEPENING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 119) | 89 | 119 | 83 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEENGED, PENNIED, DEEPIE, PEENGE, PENING, DEEING, PENED, PIEND, GEEP, PENIE, EIGNE, PENE and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GENNED, PEDI, DEP, DENI, NEG and GI, 6 in all.
This word takes every letter of DEEPENING plus a single extra one.