355 words come out when you unscramble DELINEATES, starting with DELINEATES itself: 11 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DELINEATES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 9, 19 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
19 8-letter words in DELINEATES; 15 of them share the top score of 9. LISTENED, ENLISTED and DATELINE are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words from DELINEATES, the top score is 8, reached by 44. DETAILS, INSTEAD and STAINED are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DELINEATES scores 7. LISTED, ISLAND and DETAIL are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from DELINEATES come to 60, each scoring 6 points. DEALS, IDEAS and DATES are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words in DELINEATES scores 5. DATE, LAND and EDIT are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with DELINEATES letters, the top score is 4, reached by 30. ITS, END and ADS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DELINEATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DATELINES, DENTALISE and DETAINEES (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DELINEATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELINEATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 355) | 278 | 355 | 253 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
77 of the 355 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NEEDLIEST, ENSEALED, LINTSEED, DEISEAL, DENTELS, EDENTAL, STEALED, STEANED, STEENED, STEINED, TINDALS, DAINES and 65 more. 25 of the 355 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DENTALISE, EASELED, ISLETED, LEADENS, LENITED, NIDATES, SATINED, IDENTS, LENITES, LINTED, DELTS, EELED and 13 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of DELINEATES and one more.