367 words come out when you unscramble DEVASTATING, starting with DEVASTATING itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. NAVIGATED, DIVAGATES and VAGINATED are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DEVASTATING split into 1 with 11 letters, 9 with 9, 29 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 10 letters.
DIVAGATE, VANTAGED and VINTAGED share the top score of 13 among the 8-letter words made with DEVASTATING letters. NAVIGATE, ATTAINED and AGITATED are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVASTATING; 4 of them share the top score of 12. VINTAGE, DEVIANT and DISTANT are everyday picks.
VADING tops the 6-letter words from DEVASTATING at 11 points; next come ADVENT and ADVISE on 10. DESIGN, DATING and SIGNED will look familiar.
GIVED scores highest among the 5-letter words made with DEVASTATING letters at 10 points, ahead of AGAVE and AVGAS on 9. GIVEN, GIVES and SAVED are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVASTATING, the top score is 8, reached by 20. SAVE, GIVE and GAVE are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 3-letter words from DEVASTATING tie at 7 points; none scores more. GET, END and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DEVASTATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DIVAGATES and NAVIGATED (14 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEVASTATING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVASTATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 367) | 296 | 367 | 268 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 71 of them: VANTAGED, VINTAGED, VETTINGS, AVANTIST, AVIDEST, SAGINATED, TASTEVIN, VADING, AGATISED, AVISED, EAVING, GIVED and 59 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: VAGINATED, DIGESTANT, VANITAS, ANGSTED, DANGEST, DATINGS, DEVIS, STEVIA, VEGAS, DEVI, GENISTA, GITTED and 16 more.