Unscramble DESCHOOLS to get 243 words. DESCHOOLS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1S1C34H43O1O1L12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DESCHOOLS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 7 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 17 with 2.
COSHED tops the 6-letter words from DESCHOOLS at 12 points; next come CHOLOS and CHOOSE on 11. SCHOOL, CLOSED and CLOSES will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCHOOLS, CHODE leads with 11 points, then CHESS and CHOLO on 10. CLOSE, SHOES and CODES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from DESCHOOLS, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. DOES, CODE and HELD are the ones most people know.
4 of 54 3-letter words in DESCHOOLS tie at 8 points; none scores more. OLD, LED and SEC will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DESCHOOLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SCHOOLED (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DESCHOOLS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESCHOOLS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 243) | 190 | 241 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 243 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DESCHOOLS, DESCHOOL, SCOOSHED, SCHOOLES, SCHOOLE, SLOOSHED, CHODE, SCOOSH, DOSEHS, SECHS, SHOOLES, DHOLS and 41 more. 28 of the 243 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COHOES, LOCHES, COHOE, DOSHES, LOCHE, OCHES, OCHE, DOHS, DOSH, HOLOS, OCH, DOH and 16 more. 2 of the 243 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: CHOLOS and CHOLO.
These 3 words take every letter of DESCHOOLS plus a single extra one.