Unscramble DETERIORITY to get 247 words. DETERIORITY itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. TORRIDITY is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1T1E1R1I1O1R1I1T1Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DETERIORITY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 11 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 10 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with DETERIORITY letters: TORRIDITY, 13 points.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DETERIORITY is YIRRED, 10 points; RIOTRY and YETTIE on 9 follow. EDITOR, RETIRE and TIERED are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words in DETERIORITY, 12 score 9 points, the group's best. ORDER, TRIED and DIRTY are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with DETERIORITY letters; 15 of them share the top score of 8. EDIT, DIET and DEER are everyday picks.
Of the 48 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DETERIORITY, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. RED, YET and TRY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DETERIORITY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TY · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by TORRIDITY (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: DETERIORITY is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETERIORITY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 247) | 184 | 247 | 176 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
63 of the 247 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DETERIORITY, IODYRITE, RETTERY, RIOTRY, YETTIE, DORTIER, DREY, OTTERED, RORTY, TEDY, TRITIDE, TRYER and 51 more. 8 of the 247 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TORTIERE, RETROD, YEET, ETRIER, YER, TETRI, OI and TE.