Unscramble DELEGATES and you have 264 words, DELEGATES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2E1L12E1G23A1T1E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DELEGATES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 18 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
9 of 44 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DELEGATES tie at 8 points; none scores more. DELETE, SEALED and EAGLES will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from DELEGATES; 14 of them share the top score of 7. DEALS, STAGE and DATES are everyday picks.
13 of 60 4-letter words in DELEGATES tie at 6 points; none scores more. DATE, LEAD and DEAL will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words made with DELEGATES letters, the top score is 5, reached by 4. SEE, GET and SET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DELEGATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of DELEGATES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DELEGATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELEGATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 264) | 225 | 264 | 209 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: TEAGLED, GEALED, STEALED, TEAGLES, EASTED, ETAGES, GADES, LESTED, STEELD, TEADES, TEAGLE, DALTS and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: EAGLED, EASELED, GALED, DELTS, EELED, LEDES, TASED, DELT, LEDE, AGS, DAS, EDS and 4 more.
This word takes every letter of DELEGATES plus a single extra one.