Unscramble DEROGATELY and you have 308 words, DEROGATELY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 12 points, TRAGEDY, DALGYTE and DELETORY among them. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DEROGATELY split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with DEROGATELY letters: DELEGATOR, for 11 points.
33 7-letter words from DEROGATELY; 5 of them share the top score of 12. RELATED, GREATLY and ALTERED are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEROGATELY, the top score is 11, reached by 6. AGREED, DEALER and REALTY are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEROGATELY tie at 10 points; none scores more. TODAY, EARLY and READY will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from DEROGATELY, DOGY and EDGY tie for first at 9 points. LADY, GRAY and GREY are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in DEROGATELY, the top score is 7, reached by 13. DAY, GAY and AGE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DEROGATELY for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GOLDEYE, GYRATED and TRAGEDY (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEROGATELY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEROGATELY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 308) | 232 | 307 | 222 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 76 of them: DEROGATELY, DALGYTE, DELETORY, GEOLATRY, GRADELY, DAYGLO, TELERGY, ALEYED, GOLDY, GRAYLE, GRYDE, GYELD and 64 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: GRODY, GOATY, ROTELY, EAGLED, YAGE, OATY, YAG, YER, DA and TE. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: GOY.