Unscramble department

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.

Possible Words From department

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.

10 Letter Words You Can Make with department

9 Letter Words You Can Make with department

PATTERNED is the only one of the 9-letter words made with DEPARTMENT letters; it scores 12 points.

8 Letter Words You Can Make with department

The 8-letter words in DEPARTMENT are led by DAMPENER, EMPARTED and TAMPERED, 13 points each. PATENTED and MATTERED are the familiar ones.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with department

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.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with department

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.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with department

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.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with department

AMP, MAP and PAM are the top 3-letter words in DEPARTMENT, 7 points each. ARE, END and ART will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with department

Among 24 2-letter words made with DEPARTMENT letters, the top score is 4, reached by 6. AT, AN and AM are the familiar ones.

Neighbor Words of DEPARTMENT

Trade one tile of DEPARTMENT for another and you can spell these 6 words:

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Definitions for the Top DEPARTMENT Plays

The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DAMPENER and TAMPERED (13 points each).

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

DAMPENER 13 · 16
one that dampens
TAMPERED 13 · 15
to interfere in a harmful manner
ATTEMPER 12 · 14
to modify the temperature of
PATTERNED 12 · 14
to make according to a prescribed design
PERMEANT 12 · 15
that permeates
PREMADE 12 · 14
to make in advance
TEMPTED 12 · 14
to entice to commit an unwise or immoral act
TRAMPED 12 · 14
to walk with a firm, heavy step

DEPARTMENT in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

DEPARTMENT works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
DEPARTMENT itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 315)249315241

* 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.

One Extra Tile and DEPARTMENT Grows

Each word below uses all the letters of DEPARTMENT and one more.

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