Unscramble DEPOPULATE and you have 288 words, DEPOPULATE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DEPOPULATE split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPOPULATE; 12 of them share the top score of 11. PEOPLE, UPDATE and LAPTOP are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words made with DEPOPULATE letters, UPPED leads with 10 points, then APPEL and APPLE on 9. PLATE, ADOPT and DEPOT are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPOPULATE tie at 8 points; none scores more. DEEP, TAPE and PLOT will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from DEPOPULATE, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. TOP, OLD and PUT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEPOPULATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by POPULATED (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEPOPULATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEPOPULATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 222 | 288 | 202 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
66 of the 288 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LEPPED, OUTPEEP, PEAPOD, POEPED, POUPED, PLOATED, PLUTOED, POULPE, TOUPEED, DELOPE, EPOPT, OPALED and 54 more. 20 of the 288 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PALPED, APPLET, LOPPET, PEEPAL, DUPLET, OUTLEAD, APP, OUTLED, PALEO, PELAU, PLUOT, PULAO and 8 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DEPOPULATE spell the words below.