142 words come out when you unscramble DERRICKED, starting with DERRICKED itself: 17 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DERRICKED by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 8 with 7, 17 with 6, 38 with 5, 42 with 4, 25 with 3 and 8 with 2.
The best of the 5-letter words from DERRICKED is DRECK, 12 points; CREEK and DEKED on 11 follow. RIDER, DRIED and CRIED are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with DERRICKED letters are led by DECK and DICK, 11 points each. DIED, RIDE and RICE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DERRICKED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DICKERED (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts DERRICKED, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERRICKED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 109 | 142 | 103 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: DERRICKED, RICKER, ERICK, DIRKE, EIKED, REKED, CIDED, DEEK, RIDERED, DEIDER, DIEDRE, DRICE and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: DICKERER, DRECKIER, REDDIER, CRED, EEK and KI.