Unscramble DELEGACIES to get 273 words. DELEGACIES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 4 of them, LEGACIES, DISCAGE and ELEGIACS included. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DELEGACIES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
CADGES and GLACED share the top score of 10 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DELEGACIES. LADIES, SEALED and DIESEL are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from DELEGACIES, CADGE and CAGED tie for first at 9 points. ACIDS, EDGES and CEASE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from DELEGACIES, the top score is 7, reached by 23. CASE, EDGE and DISC are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words in DELEGACIES tie at 6 points; none scores more. AGE, GAS and ADS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DELEGACIES but one, change that one, and you get:
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What DELEGACIES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DELEGACIES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELEGACIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 217 | 273 | 199 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DISCAGE, ALGESIC, DELICES, SCAILED, CADEES, CADIES, CIELED, DELICE, DISCAL, LEGSIDE, SILAGED, CADEE and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DESCALE, GLACED, CLEGS, EAGLED, EASELED, CIGS, CLEG, GALED, CALS, CIG, CAL, AGS and 6 more, 18 in all.