139 words come out when you unscramble DETERRENCE, starting with DETERRENCE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1T1E1R1R1E1N12C34E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DETERRENCE split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 7 with 8, 12 with 7, 27 with 6, 25 with 5, 34 with 4, 21 with 3 and 9 with 2.
6 of 27 6-letter words from DETERRENCE tie at 9 points; none scores more. CENTER, RECENT and CENTRE will look familiar.
CEDER, CERED and CREED share the top score of 8 among the 5-letter words in DETERRENCE. ENTER, TREND and ERECT are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with DETERRENCE letters, CEDE and CRED tie for first at 7 points. NEED, TEEN and TREE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DETERRENCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; REERECTED (12 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DETERRENCE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETERRENCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 102 | 139 | 96 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RECENTRED, DECREET, RECENTRE, CENDRE, CERNED, CERNE, CTENE, REEDEN, REEDER, TEENED, TEERED, TENDRE and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RERENTED, CRED, CERT, RERENT, TEC and TE, 6 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DETERRENCE and one more.