322 words come out when you unscramble DEPARTERS, starting with DEPARTERS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 7 of them, SPREADER, PREDATES and DEPARTER included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DEPARTERS split into 1 with 9 letters, 14 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 48 7-letter words in DEPARTERS, the top score is 10, reached by 15. READERS, TRADERS and REPEATS are the familiar ones.
23 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPARTERS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SPREAD, REPEAT and DEPART will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from DEPARTERS, 21 score 8 points, the group's best. PARTS, SPEED and PETER are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with DEPARTERS letters, the top score is 7, reached by 11. DATE, PART and PAST are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPARTERS tie at 6 points; none scores more. ARE, SEE and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DEPARTERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PEDERAST, PREDATES, REPASTED, RESPREAD, SPREADER and TRAPESED (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DEPARTERS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEPARTERS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 322) | 263 | 322 | 246 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
59 of the 322 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEPARTERS, DEPARTER, DRAPETS, PREASED, PRESTED, SPERRED, TRAPSED, DRAPET, PEASED, RASTERED, SPREED, TRAPED and 47 more. 17 of the 322 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DREAREST, EPATERS, PARTERS, EPATER, PARTER, TASERED, DEPS, PERES, DEP, PERE, PST, DAS and 5 more.
This word takes every letter of DEPARTERS plus a single extra one.