Unscramble DETERSIVES and you have 324 words, DETERSIVES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DETERSIVES split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 22 with 8, 59 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in DETERSIVES: DETERSIVE, for 13 points.
22 8-letter words made with DETERSIVES letters; 8 of them share the top score of 12. DESERVES and RESISTED are everyday picks.
Of the 59 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DETERSIVES, 19 score 11 points, the group's best. REVISED, DIVERSE and DESERVE are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from DETERSIVES; 23 of them share the top score of 10. SERVED, DRIVES and SEVERE are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DETERSIVES, the top score is 9, reached by 10. DRIVE, SERVE and DRESS are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from DETERSIVES; 10 of them share the top score of 8. SIDE, EVER and EDIT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DETERSIVES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DESERVES, DEVISEES, DEVISERS, DISSERVE, DISSEVER and REVESTED (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DETERSIVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETERSIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 324) | 257 | 324 | 241 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DIVERSES, VERDITES, STERVED, TREVISES, VERDETS, VERDITE, VERDITS, DEEVES, IVRESSE, REVIED, RIEVED, STEEVER and 55 more, 67 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SEVERIES, SIEVERTS, SIEVERT, DEVIS, DEVI, VIDS, SEVS, TERESES, VID, DESIS, SEV, DESI and 4 more, 16 in all.