Unscramble DENET and you have 31 words, DENET itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 6 points: TEEND. The best shorter words score 5: 7 of them, NEED, TEND and DENT included. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DENET by length: 2 with 5 letters, 11 with 4, 11 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of DENET but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ET · all 5-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DEET, DENE, DENT, NEED, TEED and TEND (5 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DENET, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENET itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 31) | 21 | 31 | 20 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DENET, TEEND, DEEN, ETEN, NED, NETE, TENE, EEN, ENE and EE, 10 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TE.
These 12 words take every letter of DENET plus a single extra one.