Unscramble DETECTING to get 167 words. DETECTING itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DETECTING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 22 with 6, 23 with 5, 58 with 4, 46 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The best of the 6-letter words made with DETECTING letters is CEDING, 10 points; DECEIT and DECENT on 9 follow. DETECT, TINTED and TENTED are everyday picks.
Of the 23 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DETECTING, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. CITED, GENIE and NIECE are the ones most people know.
58 4-letter words from DETECTING; 6 of them share the top score of 7. NEED, TEEN and EDIT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DETECTING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
DETECTING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DETECTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETECTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 124 | 167 | 113 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DECTET, INCEDE, DEEING, GEITED, TICED, CIDE, CTENE, DICT, EIDENT, CID, DENET, EIGNE and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GITTED, CIG, IDENT, TENGE, DENI, GITE, TEC, NEG, TEIN, GI and TE, 11 in all.