Unscramble DEPENDANTS and you have 295 words, DEPENDANTS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DEPENDANT leads with 13 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DEPENDANTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in DEPENDANTS: DEPENDANT, 13 points.
DEPENDS and STEPDAD share the top score of 11 among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPENDANTS. PENDANT and SPANNED are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words from DEPENDANTS, DEPEND, PENDED and SPADED tie for first at 10 points. NESTED, SEATED and TENDED are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words made with DEPENDANTS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 16. SPEED, DATES and ENDED are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPENDANTS tie at 7 points; none scores more. DATE, PAST and STEP will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from DEPENDANTS, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. ADD, END and NET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEPENDANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DEPENDS, PENDANTS, PENDENTS, PENNATED and STEPDAD (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEPENDANTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEPENDANTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 295) | 235 | 295 | 216 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
60 of the 295 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NEAPED, PEANED, PEASED, PESANTE, SPANED, STENDED, APTED, DANTED, DENNETS, PANDS, PENED, PESANT and 48 more. 19 of the 295 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STEPDAD, PANTSED, NEPETAS, NAPED, NEPETA, PENNES, STANNED, DEPS, DEP, DANS, PST, DAN and 7 more.