Unscramble DERIVES and you have 149 words, DERIVES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: DEVISER, DIVERSE and REVISED. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. DERIVES as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DERIVES split into 4 with 7 letters, 18 with 6, 37 with 5, 50 with 4, 30 with 3 and 10 with 2.
9 of 37 5-letter words from DERIVES tie at 9 points; none scores more. DRIVE, SERVE and VERSE will look familiar.
Of the 50 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DERIVES, 10 score 8 points, the group's best. SIDE, EVER and RISE are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of DERIVES, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The meaning of DERIVES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DERIVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 119 | 149 | 112 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
30 of the 149 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: REVIED, RIEVED, DEEVS, DERVS, REVIES, RIEVES, VIRED, DEEV, DERV, DIVS, EREVS, REVIE and 18 more. 7 of the 149 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEVIS, DEVI, VIDS, VID, SEV, DESI and EDS.
These 12 words take every letter of DERIVES plus a single extra one.