Unscramble DESICCATION and you have 417 words, DESICCATION itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DESICCATION split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 22 with 9, 58 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with DESICCATION letters: COCAINISED, for 15 points.
6 of 22 9-letter words in DESICCATION tie at 14 points; none scores more. INDICATES, ACCIDENTS and COINCIDES will look familiar.
58 8-letter words you get when you unscramble DESICCATION; 13 of them share the top score of 13. DECISION, DISTANCE and INDICATE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words from DESICCATION, 13 score 12 points, the group's best. INDICES, COCAINE and ACCENTS are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 6-letter words in DESICCATION tie at 11 points; none scores more. SCENIC, COATED and ACCENT will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words made with DESICCATION letters, CODEC leads with 10 points, then CACTI and CASCO on 9. DANCE, CODES and CISCO are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DESICCATION, CECA, COCA and ECCO tie for first at 8 points. CODE, CASE and DISC are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from DESICCATION, the top score is 6, reached by 4. CAN, END and ACT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DESICCATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ON · all 11-letter words
DESICCATION first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DESICCATION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESICCATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 417) | 329 | 417 | 301 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 88 of them: COCAINISED, CANTICOED, COCAINISE, COCAINIST, CONCISED, DECANOIC, DISCINCT, STICCADO, ACCENDS, ACCITED, ACCOIED, ANTICISED and 76 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: DEICTICS, OSCITANCE, SCIAENOID, ACTIONED, DANCIEST, OCICATS, TICCED, COADIES, DACITES, OCICAT, CISTED, CNIDAE and 16 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DESICCATION spell the words below.