Unscramble DEHORTATORY and you have 292 words, DEHORTATORY itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
D2E1H43O1R1T1A1T1O1R1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DEHORTATORY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 15 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 10 letters.
HORTATORY is the only one of the 9-letter words made with DEHORTATORY letters; it scores 15 points.
DEATHY, HYDRAE and TYTHED are the top 6-letter words from DEHORTATORY, 13 points each. THREAD, RATHER and THEORY will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from DEHORTATORY; 9 of them share the top score of 12. OTHER, TODAY and HEART are everyday picks.
HYED and YODH are the top 4-letter words in DEHORTATORY, 11 points each. HARD, HEAD and HEAR will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words made with DEHORTATORY letters, the top score is 9, reached by 8. HAD, DAY and HOT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DEHORTATORY for another and you can spell this word:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HOORAYED and HYDRATOR (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DEHORTATORY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEHORTATORY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 292) | 233 | 292 | 221 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 59 of them: DEHORTATORY, DOHYO, HOYED, RHODY, HYED, HERY, HOARED, RATTERY, TATHED, THROED, TOHEROA, YARRED and 47 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: HOTTY, YARDER, AHED, ODAH, DOH, OATY, RETROD, HOO, YER, ODA, DA and TE.