Unscramble DELETION and you have 200 words, DELETION itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: ENTOILED. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
Looking for diolente, deletoni, dentiole, entelido, leontide, detonile, odentiel or nedolite? They use the same letters as DELETION, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DELETION split into 2 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 18 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Of the 38 5-letter words from DELETION, 25 score 6 points, the group's best. NOTED, ELITE and LEONE are the ones most people know.
52 of 60 4-letter words from DELETION tie at 5 points; none scores more. NEED, DONE and EDIT will look familiar.
Of the 55 3-letter words in DELETION, 25 score 4 points, the group's best. NOT, ONE and END are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DELETION but one, change that one, and you get:
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The meaning of DELETION, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DELETION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELETION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 200) | 156 | 200 | 143 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
44 of the 200 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOLENTE, DENTEL, DITONE, DOLENT, DOLINE, EIDENT, INTOED, OINTED, DENET, DOILT, ELDIN, LIONET and 32 more. 13 of the 200 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LENITED, LINTED, IDENT, LENITE, DELT, DENI, DINO, INTEL, LEDE, LOID, OLDE, OI and 1 more.
These 5 words take every letter of DELETION plus a single extra one.