Unscramble DETRACTOR to get 264 words. DETRACTOR itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is REDACTOR, 11 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1T1R1A1C34T1O1R1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DETRACTOR split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 14 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
10 of 49 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DETRACTOR tie at 9 points; none scores more. RECORD, TRADER and COATED will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from DETRACTOR, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. ORDER, TRADE and RATED are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with DETRACTOR letters; 13 of them share the top score of 7. DATE, READ and CODE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DETRACTOR are led by CAD, COD and DOC, 6 points each. ARE, CAR and ART are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of DETRACTOR, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in OR · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with REDACTOR (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DETRACTOR 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETRACTOR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 264) | 220 | 264 | 208 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 264 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CERRADO, CODETTA, TRACTED, ACROTER, COTTED, ARRECT, CORREA, DRACO, TROATED, COATE, CRARE, DARTRE and 32 more. 12 of the 264 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RECOAT, CRED, RETROD, ACRO, ATTED, CERT, ECO, TEC, ODA, ARO, DA and TE.
These 5 words take every letter of DETRACTOR plus a single extra one.