Unscramble DESPOTAT and you have 235 words, DESPOTAT itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of DESPOTAT is on the page: POSTDATE, each 11 points. Of the shorter words, SPOTTED, PODESTA and SPATTED lead with 10 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DESPOTAT by length: 2 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among 24 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPOTAT, the top score is 9, reached by 13. POSTED, STATED and ADOPTS are the familiar ones.
20 of 60 5-letter words from DESPOTAT tie at 8 points; none scores more. DATES, ADOPT and TAPES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from DESPOTAT, 13 score 7 points, the group's best. DATE, POST and DOES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words in DESPOTAT, the top score is 6, reached by 6. TOP, SET and SAT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DESPOTAT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in AT · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with POSTDATE (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DESPOTAT, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPOTAT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 235) | 194 | 235 | 174 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 235 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DESPOTAT, APODES, APTOTES, PAEDOS, APODE, APTED, APTOTE, PAEDO, PATTES, POTAES, POTED, SEPAD and 29 more. 20 of the 235 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOPEST, DEPS, APOS, ATTED, DEP, OPAS, TASED, APO, DOSA, OPA, POS, PST and 8 more.
These 5 words take every letter of DESPOTAT plus a single extra one.