Unscramble DELECTATE and you have 137 words, DELECTATE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2E1L12E1C34T1A1T1E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DELECTATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 12 with 6, 24 with 5, 46 with 4, 36 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 24 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DELECTATE, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. DELTA, DEALT and ELECT are the ones most people know.
46 4-letter words from DELECTATE; 6 of them share the top score of 7. DATE, LEAD and LATE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DELECTATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CLEATED and ELECTED (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DELECTATE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELECTATE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 137) | 111 | 137 | 102 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLATTED, DECTET, CADEE, LADETTE, ECAD, ETTLED, LACET, CLAT, EALED, TEADE, TEAED, DALT and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DELECTATE, ATTED, EELED, CAL, DELT, LEDE, TEC, DA and TE, 9 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DELECTATE and one more.