Unscramble DEPUTIZES and you have 219 words, DEPUTIZES itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DEPUTIZE, 20 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DEPUTIZES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 4 with 7, 23 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 19 with 2.
PEIZED and PUTZED are the top 6-letter words from DEPUTIZES, 18 points each. DUTIES, STUPID and SUITED will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEPUTIZES, PIZED leads with 17 points, then PEIZE and PIZES on 16. SPEED, SUITE and SETUP are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words in DEPUTIZES tie at 15 points; none scores more. SIZE, TIPS and EDIT will look familiar.
ZEP and ZIP share the top score of 14 among the 3-letter words made with DEPUTIZES letters. USE, SEE and ITS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEPUTIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
DEPUTIZES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEPUTIZES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEPUTIZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 219) | 181 | 219 | 160 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
38 of the 219 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEIZED, PEIZES, PIZED, PEIZE, PIZES, PIZE, SITZ, ZITE, ZE, PISTED, STUPED, UPTIED and 26 more. 21 of the 219 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: UPSIZED, UPSIZE, ZEPS, TIZES, ZEP, SEZ, TIZ, DEPUTISE, PEDIS, DEPS, PEDI, DEP and 9 more.