Unscramble DETECTERS and you have 176 words, DETECTERS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1T1E1C34T1E1R1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DETECTERS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 8, 15 with 7, 36 with 6, 43 with 5, 41 with 4, 21 with 3 and 9 with 2.
36 6-letter words from DETECTERS; 8 of them share the top score of 9. STREET, SECRET and TESTED are everyday picks.
Among 43 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DETECTERS, the top score is 8, reached by 5. TREES, RESET and CREST are the familiar ones.
CEDE and CRED are the top 4-letter words in DETECTERS, 7 points each. TEST, TREE and REST will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DETECTERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
DETECTERS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DETECTERS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETECTERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 144 | 176 | 130 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
32 of the 176 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DECREETS, SCREETED, CREESED, DECREET, DECTETS, DECTET, RESETTED, SETTERED, SCREET, CREES, DEERES, DREEST and 20 more. 14 of the 176 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STREETED, CREDS, CERTS, CRED, TERETES, CERT, TECS, TEC, TERES, EDS, TRES, EST and 2 more.