Unscramble DETERIORATE and you have 311 words, DETERIORATE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, REITERATED leads with 11 points. The 11 letters split into 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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By length, the words from DETERIORATE split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 9 with 8, 32 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with DETERIORATE letters: REITERATED, 11 points.
Among 32 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DETERIORATE, the top score is 8, reached by 19. TREATED, RETIRED and RETREAT are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words made with DETERIORATE letters scores 7. EDITOR, READER and RAIDER are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DETERIORATE come to 60, each scoring 6 points. ORDER, RADIO and TRADE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from DETERIORATE; 59 of them share the top score of 5. DATE, READ and ROAD are everyday picks.
23 of 60 3-letter words in DETERIORATE tie at 4 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DETERIORATE for another and you can spell these 4 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by REITERATED (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DETERIORATE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETERIORATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 311) | 238 | 311 | 227 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 73 of them: REITERED, RETRATED, ARETTED, ARREEDE, DORTIER, OTTERED, RETRAITE, TROATED, ARRIDE, DARTRE, DETORT, DOATER and 61 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: TORTIERE, RETROD, TARTIER, ATTED, ROID, ODA, ARO, DA, RAI, OI and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of DETERIORATE and one more.