Unscramble DETERRING and you have 266 words, DETERRING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DERINGER, 10 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DETERRING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 20 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 20 7-letter words made with DETERRING letters, the top score is 9, reached by 7. INTEGER, RETIRED and GRINDER are the familiar ones.
16 of 53 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DETERRING tie at 8 points; none scores more. ENTIRE, GENDER and TENDER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from DETERRING, 9 score 7 points, the group's best. ENTER, GREEN and TRIED are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in DETERRING, the top score is 6, reached by 7. NEED, EDIT and RING are the familiar ones.
Of the 54 3-letter words made with DETERRING letters, 4 score 5 points, the group's best. GET, END and RED are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of DETERRING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What DETERRING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DETERRING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETERRING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 266) | 207 | 266 | 196 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GREINED, DEEING, DERING, GEITED, GENTIER, GERNED, RIDGER, TEERING, DERIG, EIDENT, GIRNER, INERTER and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ETRIER, IDENT, REGIE, RERENT, TENGE, DENI, GITE, GRR, NEG, GI and TE, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DETERRING and one more.