Unscramble DEPARTMENT and you have 315 words, DEPARTMENT itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. TAMPERED, DAMPENER and EMPARTED are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DEPARTMENT by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 14 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
PATTERNED is the only one of the 9-letter words made with DEPARTMENT letters; it scores 12 points.
35 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPARTMENT; 4 of them share the top score of 12. PATTERN, TREATED and PRETEND are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words from DEPARTMENT, 9 score 11 points, the group's best. DEPART, TANDEM and TERMED are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPARTMENT, AMPED and DEMPT tie for first at 10 points. NAMED, DREAM and METER are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from DEPARTMENT, DAMP leads with 9 points, then EMPT and PERM on 8. NAME, PART and MADE are the familiar ones.
AMP, MAP and PAM are the top 3-letter words in DEPARTMENT, 7 points each. ARE, END and ART will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DEPARTMENT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DAMPENER and TAMPERED (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEPARTMENT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 315) | 249 | 315 | 241 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMPARTED, EMPARED, PETERMAN, EMPTED, PEATMEN, TRAMPET, DEMPT, EMPARE, EMPART, ENARMED, ENTAMED, PRATTED and 54 more, 66 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PATTENED, AMPED, APEMEN, NAPED, DEP, DAN, DA and TE, 8 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DEPARTMENT and one more.