Unscramble DEVASTATED to get 193 words. DEVASTATED itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. DEVASTATE is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DEVASTATED by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 7, 25 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in DEVASTATED: DEVASTATE, 13 points.
DEAVED and EVADED share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words from DEVASTATED. ESTATE, STATED and TESTED are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVASTATED is VADED, 10 points; DEAVE and DEEVS on 9 follow. STATE, DATES and SAVED are everyday picks.
4 of 60 4-letter words from DEVASTATED tie at 8 points; none scores more. DATE, DATA and SAVE will look familiar.
DEV scores highest among the 3-letter words in DEVASTATED at 7 points, ahead of AVA and AVE on 6. SEE, ADD and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEVASTATED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ED · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DEAVED and EVADED (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEVASTATED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVASTATED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 193) | 154 | 193 | 143 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: VADED, DEEVS, VADES, DEEV, EVETS, STADDA, STEDDE, STEDED, TAVAS, VADE, AVAS, EASTED and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: ATTED, SEV, TASED, DAS, EDS, TASE, ATS, DA, EST, TES and TE.