Unscramble DESPATCHED to get 298 words. DESPATCHED itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. DESPATCH and SPETCHED are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DESPATCHED split into 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 8, 27 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 7-letter words in DESPATCHED, CHEAPED, PATCHED and PEACHED tie for first at 15 points. PATCHES, HEADSET and DECADES are everyday picks.
PECHED scores highest among the 6-letter words from DESPATCHED at 14 points, ahead of CHAPES and CHEAPS on 13. SPEECH, CHEATS and ESCAPE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPATCHED; 9 of them share the top score of 12. SPACE, CHEAP and DEATH are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPATCHED are led by CAPH, CHAP and PECH, 11 points each. EACH, HEAD and TECH are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 3-letter words from DESPATCHED tie at 8 points; none scores more. HAS, HAD and ADD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DESPATCHED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ED · all 10-letter words
DESPATCHED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DESPATCHED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPATCHED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 298) | 261 | 298 | 237 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPETCHED, CHEAPED, ASPECTED, SPETCH, EATCHES, HESPED, PATHED, PHESED, EATCHE, DECADS, PHESE, SCATH and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TEPACHES, CAPEESH, TEPACHE, CATHED, SPECTED, STEPDAD, CATHS, TECHS, THESP, CATH, ECHT, HEPS and 12 more, 24 in all.