Unscramble DEMERITORIOUS and you have 428 words, DEMERITORIOUS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 13 letters, 7 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DEMERITORIOUS by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 4 with 11, 6 with 10, 20 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2.
Just 1 of the 12-letter words made with DEMERITORIOUS letters: ODORIMETRIES, for 15 points.
DETERIORISM, DORMITORIES and IODOMETRIES are the top 11-letter words in DEMERITORIOUS, 14 points each.
All 6 of the 10-letter words from DEMERITORIOUS score 13 points.
Among 20 9-letter words you get when you unscramble DEMERITORIOUS, the top score is 12, reached by 10.
Of the 60 8-letter words in DEMERITORIOUS, 29 score 11 points, the group's best. MOISTURE, EMERITUS and RESTROOM are the ones most people know.
46 of 60 7-letter words made with DEMERITORIOUS letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. MURDERS, RESUMED and RUMORED will look familiar.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEMERITORIOUS score 9 points. MURDER, SODIUM and MODEST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from DEMERITORIOUS, the top score is 8, reached by 58. MODES, DRUMS and DEMOS are the familiar ones.
24 of 60 4-letter words in DEMERITORIOUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. MORE, ITEM and MEET will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words made with DEMERITORIOUS letters, the top score is 6, reached by 7. DUE, DIE and MET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEMERITORIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with DE · ending in US · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with DUROMETERS, ODOMETRIES and UDOMETRIES (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DEMERITORIOUS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMERITORIOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 428) | 317 | 428 | 291 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
111 of the 428 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEMERITORIOUS, ODORIMETRIES, DETERIORISM, DROSOMETER, TEDIOUSOME, OSTEODERM, SEMIDRIER, DIMERISE, ERODIUMS, METEOROUS, MISTERED, MORRISED and 99 more. 26 of the 428 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: IODOMETRIES, TRISODIUM, DEMISTER, DOOMIEST, TREMORED, TREMOROUS, DOOMIER, ITEMISER, TROUSERED, DEMIST, MEISTER, MIRIDS and 14 more.