Unscramble DESCANTS to get 228 words. DESCANTS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 10, among them ASCENDS, DESCANT and DECANTS. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DESCANTS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 33 6-letter words made with DESCANTS letters, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. STANDS, DANCES and STANCE are the ones most people know.
13 of 60 5-letter words from DESCANTS tie at 8 points; none scores more. CASES, DANCE and STAND will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCANTS, the top score is 7, reached by 6. DATE, SEND and CASE are the familiar ones.
CAD scores highest among the 3-letter words made with DESCANTS letters at 6 points, ahead of ACE and ACT on 5. CAN, SET and END are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DESCANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
DESCANTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DESCANTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESCANTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 189 | 228 | 172 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CASTED, ECADS, SCAND, SCEATS, ECAD, SCEAT, SNEADS, STENDS, AESC, ANCE, CEAS, CENS and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DECANS, CENTAS, DECAN, TASED, TECS, DANS, TEC, DAN, DAS, EDS, ESTS, ATS and 5 more, 17 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DESCANTS and one more.