450 words come out when you unscramble DETRACTIONS, starting with DETRACTIONS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 13 points, CONTRASTED, ANECDOTIST and CONTRISTED among them. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DETRACTIONS split into 1 with 11 letters, 8 with 10, 42 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 39 with 2.
Of the 8 10-letter words in DETRACTIONS, 7 score 13 points, the group's best. CONTRASTED is the one most people know.
42 9-letter words made with DETRACTIONS letters; 19 of them share the top score of 12. REACTIONS, CREATIONS and STATIONED are everyday picks.
Among 60 8-letter words from DETRACTIONS, the top score is 11, reached by 41. DISTANCE, CONSIDER and DOCTRINE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DETRACTIONS score 10 points. CREDITS, NOTICED and DANCERS are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DETRACTIONS come to 60, each scoring 9 points. CREDIT, COATED and DANCER are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from DETRACTIONS score 8 points. CARDS, DANCE and CODES are the ones most people know.
29 of 60 4-letter words in DETRACTIONS tie at 7 points; none scores more. CODE, CASE and CARE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with DETRACTIONS letters, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. CAN, CAR and END are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DETRACTIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NS · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CONTRASTED, NARCOTISED and REDACTIONS (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DETRACTIONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETRACTIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 450) | 359 | 450 | 312 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
91 of the 450 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONTRISTED, DRACONITES, CONSTATED, DINOCERAS, DISCANTER, OSCITATED, CANTREDS, CODETTAS, COSTATED, COTTISED, CRINATED, DEONTICS and 79 more. 47 of the 450 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NARCOTISED, CRISTATED, NOTECARDS, RANCIDEST, SARCODINE, TRANSCODE, ACTIONED, ACTIONERS, DANCIEST, NARCOTISE, NOTECARD, ACORNED and 35 more.
This word takes every letter of DETRACTIONS plus a single extra one.