Unscramble DEROGATIVE and you have 311 words, DEROGATIVE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DEROGATIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 12 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 7-letter words in DEROGATIVE are led by DIVERGE, GREAVED and GRIEVED, 12 points each. VERTIGO and DEVIATE are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 6-letter words from DEROGATIVE tie at 11 points; none scores more. AGREED, VARIED and ADVERT will look familiar.
GIVED scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEROGATIVE at 10 points, ahead of AVOID and DAVIT on 9. VIDEO, DRIVE and GROVE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with DEROGATIVE letters, the top score is 8, reached by 22. OVER, GIVE and EVER are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEROGATIVE, 8 score 7 points, the group's best. GET, AGE and GOD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEROGATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by OVERAGED (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DEROGATIVE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEROGATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 311) | 227 | 310 | 212 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 83 of them: EVIRATED, TAIVERED, OVERGET, TAVERED, VERDITE, VITRAGE, AVIDER, DEVORE, DOVIER, ERGATOID, EVIRATE, GARVIE and 71 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: TARDIVE, GAITERED, GOITERED, VIRGAE, GODETIA, GOITRED, GORDITA, DEVI, GOATIER, VEGA, VID, VOG and 4 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: DAGO.