Unscramble DESANCTIFIES and you have 434 words, DESANCTIFIES itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DESANCTIFIES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 11 with 10, 31 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 11 letters.
11 10-letter words made with DESANCTIFIES letters; 5 of them share the top score of 16.
5 of 31 9-letter words in DESANCTIFIES tie at 15 points; none scores more. INDICATES, SATISFIED and DISTANCES will look familiar.
60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble DESANCTIFIES; 7 of them share the top score of 14. DISTANCE, INDICATE and INFECTED are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words from DESANCTIFIES, 9 score 13 points, the group's best. DEFINES, DEFECTS and DEFICIT are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words made with DESANCTIFIES letters; 5 of them share the top score of 12. DEFINE, DEFEAT and DEFECT are everyday picks.
DECAF and FACED share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESANCTIFIES. DANCE, FACTS and FEEDS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from DESANCTIFIES, the top score is 9, reached by 6. FIND, FAST and FACT are the familiar ones.
CAF tops the 3-letter words in DESANCTIFIES at 8 points; next come DEF and DIF on 7. CAN, END and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DESANCTIFIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FASCITIDES and SANCTIFIED (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: DESANCTIFIES is playable in Scrabble US. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESANCTIFIES itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 434) | 352 | 429 | 314 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FACTISES, FASCISTI, INFICETE, SCIENTISED, TENIACIDES, ANTICISED, DIACTINES, ECSTASIED, FENDIEST, FICAINS, SANIFIED, TENIACIDE and 69 more, 81 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SATISFICED, SATISFICE, DEFINITES, FASCITIS, DANCIEST, EIDETICS, FADEINS, FINCAS, INFEEDS, DACITES, FADEIN, FINCA and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: DESANCTIFIES, FASCITIDES, FASCIITES and FASCITES, 4 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.