Unscramble DESPOTICAL and you have 387 words, DESPOTICAL itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. CLODPATES, PETALODIC and PLACIDEST are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DESPOTICAL split into 1 with 10 letters, 7 with 9, 41 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 38 with 2.
Of the 41 8-letter words in DESPOTICAL, 9 score 13 points, the group's best. ISOLATED, SOCIETAL and DIALECTS are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words from DESPOTICAL; 15 of them share the top score of 12. SPECIAL, PLASTIC and OPTICAL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPOTICAL, 14 score 11 points, the group's best. TOPICS, POLICE and PLACES are the ones most people know.
CAPED, COPED and PACED are the top 5-letter words from DESPOTICAL, 10 points each. PLACE, TOPIC and SPACE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in DESPOTICAL, the top score is 8, reached by 23. CODE, PICS and COLD are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with DESPOTICAL letters, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. ACT, CAT and PET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DESPOTICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in AL · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CLODPATES (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DESPOTICAL is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPOTICAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 387) | 323 | 387 | 296 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
64 of the 387 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DESPOTICAL, PETALODIC, PLACIDEST, DIASCOPE, POETICALS, SCOPELID, DISPACE, PEACODS, PLICATES, PODALIC, POSTICAL, CLIPED and 52 more. 27 of the 387 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PODCAST, TOECLIPS, TOPICALS, PACIEST, TOECLIP, CAPOTS, COADIES, DACITES, PLICAS, SCOPAE, CAPOT, CISTED and 15 more.
This word takes every letter of DESPOTICAL plus a single extra one.