Unscramble DEGENERATES and you have 368 words, DEGENERATES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. DEGENERATE is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DEGENERATES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 9 with 9, 35 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in DEGENERATES: DEGENERATE, 12 points.
35 8-letter words you get when you unscramble DEGENERATES; 13 of them share the top score of 10. GENERATE, SERGEANT and TEENAGER are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words from DEGENERATES, the top score is 9, reached by 27. DEGREES, ENTERED and GRANTED are the familiar ones.
24 of 60 6-letter words made with DEGENERATES letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. GARDEN, DEGREE and AGENTS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEGENERATES, the top score is 7, reached by 18. AGENT, GRAND and GRADE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from DEGENERATES; 15 of them share the top score of 6. DATE, EDGE and ENDS are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in DEGENERATES, the top score is 5, reached by 4. ARE, GET and END are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEGENERATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ESTRANGED, GENERATED, GREATENED and RENEGADES (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEGENERATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEGENERATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 368) | 284 | 368 | 266 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 84 of them: ENDGATES, GASTERED, REGESTED, RENEGATES, SERENATED, ENDGATE, ENSEARED, RADGEST, RENEGATE, SEGREANT, STERNAGE, TEENAGES and 72 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: AGENDER, AGENTED, ANGSTED, DANGEST, DARNEST, SERGED, DENARS, DENAR, AREG, DANS, AGS, DAN and 6 more.