302 words come out when you unscramble DELICATES, starting with DELICATES itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. DELICATE, DIALECTS and CITADELS are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DELICATES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 32 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Among 32 7-letter words in DELICATES, the top score is 10, reached by 16. DETAILS, ELASTIC and CITADEL are the familiar ones.
25 of 60 6-letter words from DELICATES tie at 9 points; none scores more. SELECT, DETAIL and LADIES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DELICATES, 31 score 8 points, the group's best. CITED, ACIDS and ELECT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DELICATES; 18 of them share the top score of 7. CASE, DISC and CAST are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words from DELICATES are led by CAD and CID, 6 points each. ITS, ACT and ADS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DELICATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
DELICATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DELICATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELICATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 302) | 235 | 302 | 217 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 67 of them: ACIDEST, DELICES, SCAILED, SCLATED, ASTELIC, CADEES, CADIES, CASTED, CIELED, DELICE, DIACTS, DISCAL and 55 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: DACITES, DESCALE, CISTED, DACITE, ISLETED, CLITS, ETICS, CALS, CLIT, TECS, CAL, TEC and 6 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DELICATES spell the words below.