Unscramble DEMERIT and you have 136 words, DEMERIT itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 4 anagrams of DEMERIT are on the page: DIMETER, MERITED, MITERED and RETIMED, each 10 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. DEMERIT as a single 7-tile play makes 60 in Scrabble, 10 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DEMERIT by length: 5 with 7 letters, 14 with 6, 25 with 5, 51 with 4, 27 with 3 and 14 with 2.
6 of 51 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEMERIT tie at 7 points; none scores more. TIME, ITEM and TERM will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DEMERIT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in IT · all 7-letter words
DEMERIT first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEMERIT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMERIT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 136) | 113 | 135 | 111 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
22 of the 136 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: REMEID, MERED, TEMED, TREMIE, TEDIER, MEER, MERI, RIEM, TEME, TRIDE, ERED, ERM and 10 more. 2 of the 136 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TREM and TE. 1 of the 136 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 11 words take every letter of DEMERIT plus a single extra one.