Unscramble DELIBATE and you have 217 words, DELIBATE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. DELIBATE has 1 anagram here, EDITABLE, scoring 11 like DELIBATE itself. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DELIBATE by length: 2 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 25 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Among 25 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DELIBATE, the top score is 9, reached by 13. DETAIL, DEBATE and EDIBLE are the familiar ones.
16 of 46 5-letter words from DELIBATE tie at 8 points; none scores more. TABLE, DELTA and IDEAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from DELIBATE, 12 score 7 points, the group's best. DATE, ABLE and EDIT are the ones most people know.
Among 57 3-letter words in DELIBATE, the top score is 6, reached by 6. LET, BAD and BIT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DELIBATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EDITABLE (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DELIBATE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELIBATE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 173 | 217 | 164 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: DELIBATE, LIBATED, BLATED, DEBILE, DIABLE, BELATE, BETED, BETID, BILED, DEBEL, LIBATE, ABID and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: BALDIE, ABLED, BEEDI, BALTI, BEAL, BAE, DELT, DA and TE.
These 6 words take every letter of DELIBATE plus a single extra one.