Unscramble DESERVING and you have 304 words, DESERVING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. DIVERGES is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DESERVING split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 40 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words in DESERVING, DEEVING, DIVERGE and GRIEVED tie for first at 12 points. SERVING, REVISED and DIVERSE are everyday picks.
VENGED and VERGED are the top 6-letter words from DESERVING, 11 points each. DESIGN, SERVED and GENDER will look familiar.
GIVED scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESERVING at 10 points, ahead of DEEVS and DERVS on 9. NEVER, GIVEN and DRIVE are the ones most people know.
13 of 60 4-letter words from DESERVING tie at 8 points; none scores more. EVEN, GIVE and EVER will look familiar.
60 3-letter words in DESERVING; 5 of them share the top score of 7. END, RED and DIE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DESERVING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What DESERVING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DESERVING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESERVING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 304) | 241 | 304 | 224 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEEVING, VEERINGS, VENGERS, GIVED, GREVES, REVIED, RIEVED, VEGIER, VENDIS, VENGER, VIRGES, DEEVS and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INVERSED, DEVIS, VEGES, VERSIN, DEVI, VIDS, VID, VINS, SEV, VIN, DENI, DESI and 5 more, 17 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of DESERVING spell the words below.