Unscramble DEMENTATE and you have 179 words, DEMENTATE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2E1M34E1N12T1A1T1E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DEMENTATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 5 with 7, 22 with 6, 33 with 5, 53 with 4, 43 with 3 and 19 with 2.
22 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEMENTATE; 10 of them share the top score of 9. ATTEND, TANDEM and TEAMED are everyday picks.
Of the 33 5-letter words from DEMENTATE, 14 score 8 points, the group's best. NAMED, MEANT and AMEND are the ones most people know.
Among 53 4-letter words made with DEMENTATE letters, the top score is 7, reached by 9. DATE, NAME and NEED are the familiar ones.
DAM, MAD and MED are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEMENTATE, 6 points each. END, MAN and MEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DEMENTATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EMENDATE (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DEMENTATE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMENTATE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 131 | 179 | 126 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
48 of the 179 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEMENTATE, DEMEANE, ENTAMED, AMENDE, AMENED, MEANED, DEMAN, ENTAME, MENED, NEDETTE, TEMED, TEMENE and 36 more. 5 of the 179 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MENTEE, ATTED, DAN, DA and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of DEMENTATE spell the words below.