Unscramble DESIPIENT and you have 256 words, DESIPIENT itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2E1S1I1P34I1E1N12T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DESIPIENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 16 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 43 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DESIPIENT, 11 score 9 points, the group's best. INSIDE, NESTED and INDIES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from DESIPIENT, the top score is 8, reached by 13. NEEDS, SPEED and SPENT are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words in DESIPIENT tie at 7 points; none scores more. TIPS, EDIT and STEP will look familiar.
DEP, DIP and PED share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words made with DESIPIENT letters. SEE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DESIPIENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DESPITE, DIPNETS and STIPEND (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DESIPIENT is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESIPIENT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 199 | 256 | 185 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: DESIPIENT, PENTISED, DIETINES, PENTISE, PIENDS, PISTED, DIETINE, NEPITS, PENED, PENIES, PIEND, PINIES and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: PEDIS, DEPS, IDENTS, PEDI, DEP, IDENT, TENESI, DENI, DESI, PST, EDS, EST and 2 more.
These 2 words take every letter of DESIPIENT plus a single extra one.