Unscramble DEPENDABLE to get 238 words. DEPENDABLE itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BELEAPED leads with 13 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1P34E1N12D2A1B34L12E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DEPENDABLE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 43 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 6-letter words from DEPENDABLE are led by BEDPAN and BEEPED, 11 points each. NEEDED, ENABLE and DEPEND are the familiar ones.
BEDAD, BLEEP and PLEBE share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPENDABLE. PANEL, ENDED and PLANE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in DEPENDABLE, BEEP, PEBA and PLEB tie for first at 8 points. BEEN, PLAN and ABLE are everyday picks.
BAP tops the 3-letter words made with DEPENDABLE letters at 7 points; next come BAD and BED on 6. ADD, END and LED will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DEPENDABLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in LE · all 10-letter words
What DEPENDABLE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEPENDABLE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEPENDABLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 238) | 193 | 238 | 182 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BLANDED, PLEBEAN, BELEED, DELENDA, LEEPED, NEAPED, PEANED, PLEAED, ALPEEN, DEBEL, LEDDEN, PEBA and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LEADENED, BEDAD, ABLED, NAPED, BEAL, DEP, EELED, BAE, LEDE, DAN and DA, 11 in all.