Unscramble DESOLATES and you have 286 words, DESOLATES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 5 of them, DESOLATE, DATELESS and DETASSEL included. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DESOLATES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 17 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Of the 59 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DESOLATES, 33 score 7 points, the group's best. OLDEST, SEALED and LEASES are the ones most people know.
59 of 60 5-letter words from DESOLATES tie at 6 points; none scores more. DEALS, DATES and LEADS will look familiar.
All 60 of the 4-letter words from DESOLATES score 5 points. DATE, DOES and LEAD are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in DESOLATES; 27 of them share the top score of 4. SEE, SET and OLD are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of DESOLATES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
DESOLATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DESOLATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESOLATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 222 | 286 | 205 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
64 of the 286 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SALTOED, STEALED, ALTESSE, EASTED, LESTED, OSSELET, SEASED, SLADES, SOLDES, STEALES, STEDES, STEELD and 52 more. 17 of the 286 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ELDESTS, DELTS, DOSAS, LEDES, TASED, DELT, DOSA, LEDE, ODAS, OLDE, DAS, EDS and 5 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DESOLATES spell the words below.