Unscramble DESPUMATES to get 302 words. DESPUMATES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1S1P34U12M34A1T1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DESPUMATES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 5 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
28 7-letter words from DESPUMATES; 5 of them share the top score of 12. UPDATES, ASSUMED and STAMPED are everyday picks.
7 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPUMATES tie at 11 points; none scores more. UPDATE, PASSED and ASSUME will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in DESPUMATES, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. SPEED, STAMP and MATES are the ones most people know.
DAMP and DUMP are the top 4-letter words made with DESPUMATES letters, 9 points each. MADE, MEET and MAPS will look familiar.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPUMATES; 4 of them share the top score of 7. MAP, PUT and DUE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DESPUMATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with STAMPEDES and STEPDAMES (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DESPUMATES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPUMATES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 302) | 252 | 302 | 231 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DUMPEES, DUMPEE, EMPTED, EMPUSAS, EMPUSES, UPMADE, DEMPT, EMPUSA, EMPUSE, EMPTS, EUPADS, MEASED and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DESPUMATES, DESPUMATE, SPASMED, MEETUPS, AMPED, MEETUP, SPAMS, SPAM, DEPS, MASES, MEDS, DEP and 9 more, 21 in all.