Unscramble DESICCATING to get 366 words. DESICCATING itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 14, among them ACCIDENTS, DESICCANT and ACCEDING. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DESICCATING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 8 with 9, 30 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 10 letters.
ACCEDING and ACCINGED share the top score of 14 among the 8-letter words made with DESICCATING letters. DISTANCE, INDICATE and ACCIDENT are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words from DESICCATING; 8 of them share the top score of 12. EDITING, CASTING and INDICES are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DESICCATING, the top score is 11, reached by 4. CITIES, ACTING and SCENIC are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 5-letter words from DESICCATING tie at 9 points; none scores more. DANCE, CITED and CENTS will look familiar.
CECA scores highest among the 4-letter words in DESICCATING at 8 points, ahead of ACED and ACID on 7. CASE, DISC and CAST are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with DESICCATING letters; 4 of them share the top score of 6. CAN, GET and END are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DESICCATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ACCEDING and ACCIDENTS (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DESICCATING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESICCATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 366) | 285 | 366 | 256 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACCINGED, ACCINGES, ACCITING, DISCINCT, ACCENDS, ACCINGE, ACCITED, ANTICISED, CADGIEST, CAECITIS, DIACTINES, SAGENITIC and 69 more, 81 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEICTICS, TICCING, DANCIEST, TICCED, DACITES, ANGSTED, CISTED, CNIDAE, DACITE, DANGEST, DATINGS, DECANI and 17 more, 29 in all.