175 words come out when you unscramble DETICKER, starting with DETICKER itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DETICKER by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 22 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 36 with 3 and 12 with 2.
6 of 22 6-letter words made with DETICKER letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. CREDIT, DIRECT and TICKER will look familiar.
DRECK scores highest among the 5-letter words from DETICKER at 12 points, ahead of CREEK and ERICK on 11. TRIED, CITED and TIRED are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DETICKER are led by DECK and DICK, 11 points each. EDIT, DIET and RIDE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DETICKER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ER · all 8-letter words
DETICKER first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DETICKER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETICKER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 136 | 175 | 128 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
39 of the 175 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRECKED, RICKET, ERICK, TRECK, DIRKE, EIKED, REKED, DEEK, TEREK, CERTIE, DRICE, KED and 27 more. 8 of the 175 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CRED, EEK, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, KI, TEC and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of DETICKER spell the words below.