315 words come out when you unscramble DETANGLES, starting with DETANGLES itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. DETANGLES has 1 anagram here, DANEGELTS, scoring 11 like DETANGLES itself. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DETANGLES by length: 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
20 of 48 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DETANGLES tie at 9 points; none scores more. ELEGANT, LEGENDS and NESTLED will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from DETANGLES, 17 score 8 points, the group's best. AGENTS, DENTAL and LEGEND are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with DETANGLES letters; 16 of them share the top score of 7. DEALS, AGENT and DATES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DETANGLES, the top score is 6, reached by 14. DATE, DEAL and EDGE are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words from DETANGLES tie at 5 points; none scores more. GET, END and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DETANGLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
DETANGLES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DETANGLES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETANGLES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 315) | 251 | 315 | 228 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
64 of the 315 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENDGATES, ENDGATE, GELANDE, GLENTED, TEAGLED, DENTELS, EDENTAL, GANTED, GEALED, LANGEST, LENGED, LENGEST and 52 more. 23 of the 315 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANEGELTS, DETANGLES, DANEGELT, DETANGLE, AGENTED, ANGSTED, DANGEST, EAGLED, LEADENS, GALED, DELTS, GEANS and 11 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of DETANGLES and one more.