Unscramble DELICES to get 130 words. DELICES itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: DECILES. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 9 points, SLICED, DECILE and CEILED among them. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of DELICES in one turn: 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50), 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DELICES by length: 2 with 7 letters, 13 with 6, 28 with 5, 49 with 4, 28 with 3 and 10 with 2.
28 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DELICES; 6 of them share the top score of 8. SLIDE and SLICE are everyday picks.
Of the 49 4-letter words from DELICES, 7 score 7 points, the group's best. SIDE, DISC and SEED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DELICES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DECILES (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DELICES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELICES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 96 | 130 | 92 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DELICES, CIELED, DELICE, CIDES, CLIED, SIECLE, CIDE, CIDS, CIELS, CLIES, SEILED, CID and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LEDES, DESI, LEDE and EDS, 4 in all.
These 9 words take every letter of DELICES plus a single extra one.