Unscramble DEPARTURES and you have 366 words, DEPARTURES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DEPARTURES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 10 with 9, 32 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
17 of 32 8-letter words in DEPARTURES tie at 11 points; none scores more. ARRESTED, TREASURE and APERTURE will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPARTURES, 30 score 10 points, the group's best. UPDATES, REPEATS and PASTURE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words from DEPARTURES, the top score is 9, reached by 41. UPDATE, SPREAD and DEPART are the familiar ones.
32 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPARTURES tie at 8 points; none scores more. PARTS, SPEED and PASTE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from DEPARTURES, the top score is 7, reached by 15. PART, PAST and DEEP are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 3-letter words in DEPARTURES tie at 6 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and RED will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DEPARTURES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with APERTURED, DEPURATES and PERSUADER (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEPARTURES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEPARTURES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 366) | 295 | 366 | 276 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 71 of them: DEPARTERS, DEPASTURE, SUPERATED, DEPARTER, EPURATED, PERTUSED, REPASTURE, DRAPETS, EPURATES, PARTURES, PERSUED, PREASED and 59 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: APERTURED, DREAREST, EPATERS, PARTERS, SPURTER, EPATER, PARTER, URPED, DEPS, PERES, DEP, PERE and 7 more.