Unscramble DERIVATING to get 348 words. DERIVATING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DIVERTING, DEVIATING and ADVERTING lead with 14 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DERIVATING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 9, 18 with 8, 59 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Among the 8-letter words made with DERIVATING letters, DERIVING, VINTAGED and VIRGINED tie for first at 13 points. GRADIENT and RIVETING are everyday picks.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DERIVATING are led by DEAVING, DRIVING and EVADING, 12 points each. READING, TRADING and VINTAGE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words from DERIVATING, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. GARDEN, DATING and NATIVE are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words made with DERIVATING letters, GIVED leads with 10 points, then DAVEN and DAVIT on 9. GIVEN, DRIVE and AGENT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DERIVATING, 19 score 8 points, the group's best. GIVE, GAVE and GRID are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 3-letter words from DERIVATING tie at 7 points; none scores more. GET, END and RED will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DERIVATING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ADVERTING, DEVIATING and DIVERTING (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DERIVATING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERIVATING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 348) | 272 | 348 | 258 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 76 of them: DERIVATING, EVIRATING, TAIVERING, VINTAGED, VIRGINED, TAVERING, RIEVING, VADING, VERTING, VITRAGE, AVIDER, DIRIGENT and 64 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: TARDIVE, DIGERATI, VIRGAE, VIGIA, DEVI, VEGA, VID, NAV, VIN, DAN, NEG, DA and 2 more.
These 5 words take every letter of DERIVATING plus a single extra one.