239 words come out when you unscramble DELINQUENT, starting with DELINQUENT itself: 20 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. QUILTED and QUIETED are the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DELINQUENT by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 41 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in DELINQUENT: TUNNELED, for 9 points.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DELINQUENT is QUITED, 16 points; EQUINE and QUEINT on 15 follow. UNITED, TUNNEL and INTEND are everyday picks.
EQUID tops the 5-letter words from DELINQUENT at 15 points; next come QUEEN and QUIET on 14. QUITE, ELITE and LINED will look familiar.
QUID scores highest among the 4-letter words in DELINQUENT at 14 points, ahead of QUIN and QUIT on 13. NEED, LINE and EDIT are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words made with DELINQUENT letters is QIN, 12 points; DEE and DEI on 4 follow. END, LET and NET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DELINQUENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NT · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by QUIETED and QUILTED (17 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DELINQUENT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELINQUENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 239) | 188 | 239 | 169 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: QUITED, QUEINT, QUINE, QIN, DILUTEE, ENNUIED, UNTILED, DENNET, DENTEL, DETENU, DINNLE, EIDENT and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: QI, LENITED, DETUNE, LINTED, IDENT, LENITE, NIENTE, TENDU, DELT, DENI, INTEL, LEDE and 7 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of DELINQUENT and one more.