Unscramble DELTAS and you have 143 words, DELTAS itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. DELTAS has 5 anagrams here, DESALT, LASTED, SALTED, SLATED and STALED, scoring 7 like DELTAS itself. 6 letters: 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DELTAS by length: 6 with 6 letters, 30 with 5, 52 with 4, 39 with 3 and 16 with 2.
18 of 30 5-letter words in DELTAS tie at 6 points; none scores more. LEAST, DEALS and DATES will look familiar.
Among 52 4-letter words from DELTAS, the top score is 5, reached by 21. DATE, LAST and SALE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DELTAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with DE · ending in AS · all 6-letter words
DELTAS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DELTAS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELTAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 143) | 121 | 143 | 110 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
22 of the 143 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DALTS, SLADE, TEADS, DAES, DALT, LEATS, SALET, SELD, STED, TAED, TEAD, TELD and 10 more. 11 of the 143 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DELTS, TASED, DELT, DAS, EDS, TASE, ATS, DA, EST, TES and TE.
These 12 words take every letter of DELTAS plus a single extra one.