Unscramble DEROGATES to get 308 words. DEROGATES itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 10 points, DEROGATE, DOGEATES and GASTERED among them. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DEROGATES split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Of the 35 7-letter words in DEROGATES, 11 score 9 points, the group's best. STORAGE, ROASTED and DEAREST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words from DEROGATES, the top score is 8, reached by 25. AGREED, DESERT and GRADES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEROGATES, 25 score 7 points, the group's best. GRADE, AGREE and DATES are the ones most people know.
19 of 60 4-letter words from DEROGATES tie at 6 points; none scores more. DATE, DOES and EDGE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in DEROGATES, 6 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, GET and GOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEROGATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of DEROGATES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEROGATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEROGATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 308) | 234 | 305 | 218 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOGEATES, GASTERED, GOADSTER, GOSTERED, DOGATES, DOGEATE, RADGEST, STODGER, TODGERS, DEGRAS, DOATERS, DOGATE and 59 more, 71 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SERGED, TASERED, TOERAGS, GATERS, OGEED, AGROS, DORES, AGRO, AREG, DOSA, AGS, DAS and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: DAGOES, DAGOS and DAGO, 3 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of DEROGATES spell the words below.