386 words come out when you unscramble DESPERATELY, starting with DESPERATELY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. 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 DESPERATELY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 7 with 9, 52 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
REPEATEDLY is the only one of the 10-letter words in DESPERATELY; it scores 16 points.
PARLEYED, PEDATELY and REPLAYED share the top score of 14 among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPERATELY. RELEASED, REPEATED and REPEALED are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words from DESPERATELY; 6 of them share the top score of 13. PLAYERS, PLEASED and LAYERED are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPERATELY, 10 score 12 points, the group's best. PLAYER, PLAYED and PARTLY are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from DESPERATELY; 8 of them share the top score of 11. REPLY, PARTY and TYPES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in DESPERATELY, 22 score 9 points, the group's best. DAYS, TYPE and PLAY are the ones most people know.
8 of 60 3-letter words made with DESPERATELY letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. DAY, YES and SAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DESPERATELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in LY · all 11-letter words
DESPERATELY 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 DESPERATELY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPERATELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 386) | 305 | 386 | 288 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
81 of the 386 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SLEEPERY, PEATERY, PEYSED, PRELATY, PRYSED, SLEEPRY, YAPSTER, DYESTER, ESTREPED, PAYSD, PETARY, PREDY and 69 more. 17 of the 386 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEPLETERS, PLAYSET, DEPLETER, EPATERED, PEDALERS, PEDALER, REPLETES, YEETED, DRYAS, YEPS, DEPS, DEP and 5 more.