Unscramble DESELECTS and you have 137 words, DESELECTS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DESELECTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 17 with 6, 29 with 5, 46 with 4, 24 with 3 and 8 with 2.
CEDES tops the 5-letter words from DESELECTS at 8 points; next come CELTS and CESSE on 7. STEEL, SEEDS and ELECT will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DESELECTS is CEDE, 7 points; CEES and CELS on 6 follow. LESS, SETS and SEED are everyday picks.
These 4 words have the length of DESELECTS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
DESELECTS 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 DESELECTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESELECTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 137) | 111 | 137 | 97 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: CESSE, LESTED, STEDES, STEELD, DESSE, LEESES, SEDES, SEELD, SLEEST, STEDE, STEDS, LEED and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: ELDESTS, DELTS, EELED, LEDES, TECS, DELT, LEDE, TEC, EDS, ESSE, ESTS, EST and 2 more.