Unscramble DETONATES to get 279 words. DETONATES itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: DENOTATES. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DETONATES split into 2 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 19 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
48 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DETONATES; 32 of them share the top score of 7. ESTATE, SENATE and STATED are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with DETONATES letters, 50 score 6 points, the group's best. NEEDS, STAND and DATES are the ones most people know.
52 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DETONATES tie at 5 points; none scores more. DATE, NEED and DOES will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from DETONATES, the top score is 4, reached by 26. NOT, ONE and SEE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DETONATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
DETONATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DETONATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETONATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 279) | 213 | 279 | 196 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
66 of the 279 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DENOTATES, DENOTATE, OSTENTED, ASTONED, ATTONED, DOTANTS, ONSTEAD, SNOTTED, STEANED, STENTED, ATTONES, DENETS and 54 more. 17 of the 279 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ATTED, NATTOS, TANTOS, TASED, DANS, DOSA, NATTO, ODAS, DAN, DAS, EDS, ODA and 5 more.