Unscramble DETERMINE and you have 259 words, DETERMINE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. REMINTED is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2E1T1E1R1M34I1N12E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DETERMINE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 17 with 2.
REMINTED is the only one of the 8-letter words in DETERMINE; it scores 11 points.
16 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DETERMINE tie at 9 points; none scores more. ENTIRE, REDEEM and TENDER will look familiar.
Among 58 5-letter words from DETERMINE, the top score is 8, reached by 13. ENTER, TRIED and METER are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 4-letter words made with DETERMINE letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. TIME, NEED and ITEM will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DETERMINE, DIM, MED and MID tie for first at 6 points. END, MEN and RED are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DETERMINE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with REMINTED (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DETERMINE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETERMINE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 202 | 259 | 195 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 259 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMERIED, MEERED, MEINED, REMEDE, REMEID, MENED, MENEER, MERED, TEMED, TEMENE, TREMIE, EIDENT and 45 more. 7 of the 259 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEMENTI, DEMINER, MENTEE, IDENT, TREM, DENI and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of DETERMINE and one more.