300 words come out when you unscramble DETESTABLE, starting with DETESTABLE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1T1E1S1T1A1B34L12E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DETESTABLE split into 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
33 7-letter words in DETESTABLE; 15 of them share the top score of 10. TABLETS, SETTLED and BATTLES are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from DETESTABLE, the top score is 9, reached by 20. TABLES, DELETE and BATTLE are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DETESTABLE; 16 of them share the top score of 8. BASED, TABLE and DEALS are everyday picks.
13 of 60 4-letter words made with DETESTABLE letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. DATE, BEST and ABLE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DETESTABLE, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. SEE, SET and LET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DETESTABLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in LE · all 10-letter words
What DETESTABLE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DETESTABLE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETESTABLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 236 | 300 | 220 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BATTELED, BEASTED, BLETTED, DEBTEES, BATLETS, BATTELS, BEETED, BELATES, BELEED, BESTAD, BLATED, BLATEST and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SEATBELT, ABLED, EASELED, BEALS, ATTED, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES, DELT, DAS, EDS and 4 more, 16 in all.