Unscramble DETONATING and you have 318 words, DETONATING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of DETONATING is on the page: DENOTATING, each 12 points. 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 DETONATING split into 2 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 10 with 8, 31 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
The 10-letter words made with DETONATING letters are 2: DETONATING itself and 1 anagram, DENOTATING. Each scores 12 points.
11 of 31 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DETONATING tie at 9 points; none scores more. ANTIGEN, TANGENT and NETTING will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words in DETONATING, 20 score 8 points, the group's best. DATING, ENDING and EATING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words made with DETONATING letters, the top score is 7, reached by 11. DOING, AGENT and NOTED are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DETONATING, 14 score 6 points, the group's best. DATE, DONE and EDIT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from DETONATING, the top score is 5, reached by 8. GET, END and GOT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DETONATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What DETONATING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DETONATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETONATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 318) | 243 | 317 | 220 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 74 of them: DENOTATING, ATTONING, DANTING, NONAGED, ATTONED, DAEING, DOGATE, DONING, GANNED, GANOINE, GANTED, NOINTED and 62 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: DENTATION, GODETIA, GITTED, ATTING, GOETTA, INNAGE, NIDATE, TAGINE, TIGNON, ATTED, GONNA, GOTTA and 12 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: DAGO.
This word takes every letter of DETONATING plus a single extra one.