Unscramble DEPLETING to get 242 words. DEPLETING itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. PINGLED, PLEDGET and PLINGED are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DEPLETING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 14 with 7, 37 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
DELETING is the only one of the 8-letter words made with DEPLETING letters; it scores 10 points.
PINGED and PLEDGE are the top 6-letter words from DEPLETING, 10 points each. LEGEND, PEEING and GENTLE will look familiar.
Of the 52 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPLETING, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. ELITE, LINED and INLET are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with DEPLETING letters, the top score is 7, reached by 9. EDIT, DEEP and DIET are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPLETING, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. GET, END and LET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEPLETING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What DEPLETING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DEPLETING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEPLETING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 183 | 242 | 166 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PINGLED, PLINGED, LEEPING, GLENTED, PINGLE, DEEING, ELDING, GEITED, GILDEN, LENGED, LEPID, PENED and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LENITED, LEPTIN, EELING, LINTED, PEDI, DEP, IDENT, LENITE, LIPE, TENGE, DELT, DENI and 5 more, 17 in all.