331 words come out when you unscramble DELEGATING, starting with DELEGATING itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 14 of them, ENGAGED, DELETING and GELDING included. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DELEGATING split into 1 with 10 letters, 14 with 8, 49 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 9 letters.
6 of 49 7-letter words made with DELEGATING letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. LEADING, DEALING and ENGAGED will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DELEGATING, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. DATING, LEGEND and TAGGED are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 5-letter words from DELEGATING tie at 8 points; none scores more. AGENT, DELTA and ANGEL will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DELEGATING, 23 score 6 points, the group's best. DATE, EDIT and DEAL are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 3-letter words from DELEGATING tie at 5 points; none scores more. GET, END and AGE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DELEGATING for another and you can spell these 4 words:
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What DELEGATING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DELEGATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELEGATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 331) | 256 | 331 | 233 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
75 of the 331 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALEGGED, GADLING, TEAGLING, ENDGATE, GADGIE, GATLING, GEALING, GELANDE, GIDGEE, GLEDGE, GLEEING, GLENTED and 63 more. 23 of the 331 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANEGELT, DETANGLE, GANGLED, AGENTED, DEALIGN, EAGLING, GATELEG, EAGLED, GALING, GANGLE, IGGED, LENITED and 11 more.