Unscramble DESCANTING and you have 354 words, DESCANTING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DESCANTING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 23 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
The 8-letter words in DESCANTING are led by CADGIEST, DANCINGS and SCENDING, 12 points each. DISTANCE, STANDING and INSTANCE are the familiar ones.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCANTING; 4 of them share the top score of 11. ANCIENT, SENDING and DANCING are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words from DESCANTING are led by CADGES, CEDING and GEDACT, 10 points each. DESIGN, DATING and ENDING are the familiar ones.
CADGE and CAGED share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words in DESCANTING. DANCE, CITED and CENTS are the ones most people know.
21 of 60 4-letter words made with DESCANTING letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. CASE, DISC and CAST will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCANTING, the top score is 6, reached by 4. CAN, GET and END are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DESCANTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What DESCANTING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DESCANTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESCANTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 354) | 287 | 353 | 258 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
66 of the 354 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CADGIEST, DANCINGS, CANTINGS, DISCAGE, GEDACTS, ACIDEST, GEDACT, SCENING, STENDING, AGNISED, CADIES, CANDIE and 54 more. 30 of the 354 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANCIEST, CANINGS, DACITES, ANGSTED, CISTED, CNIDAE, DACITE, DANGEST, DATINGS, DECANI, DECANS, INCENTS and 18 more. 1 of the 354 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCIES.
This word takes every letter of DESCANTING plus a single extra one.