Unscramble DEVASTATIONS and you have 409 words, DEVASTATIONS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. DEVASTATION is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DEVASTATIONS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 15 with 9, 56 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2. None has 10 letters.
DEVASTATION is the only one of the 11-letter words in DEVASTATIONS; it scores 15 points.
Among the 9-letter words made with DEVASTATIONS letters, DONATIVES leads with 13 points, then AVANTISTS and STOVAINES on 12. STATIONED is the familiar one.
7 of 56 8-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVASTATIONS tie at 12 points; none scores more. STATIONS, DENTISTS and ATTAINED will look familiar.
60 7-letter words from DEVASTATIONS; 15 of them share the top score of 11. INSTEAD, DEVIANT and DISTANT are everyday picks.
29 of 60 6-letter words from DEVASTATIONS tie at 10 points; none scores more. VIDEOS, NATIVE and INVEST will look familiar.
60 5-letter words in DEVASTATIONS; 28 of them share the top score of 9. VIDEO, AVOID and SAVED are everyday picks.
16 of 60 4-letter words made with DEVASTATIONS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. SAVE, VOTE and VOID will look familiar.
DEV, DIV and VID share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVASTATIONS. END, VAN and ADS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEVASTATIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NS · all 12-letter words
DEVASTATIONS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEVASTATIONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVASTATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 409) | 316 | 408 | 286 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
92 of the 409 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVANTISTS, AVOIDANT, STOVAINES, TASTEVINS, VANESSID, AVANTIST, AVIDEST, DOVIEST, SAVANTES, STOVAINE, TASTEVIN, VENDISS and 80 more. 30 of the 409 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VANITASES, NOVATED, ASSONATED, NOVATES, STEVIAS, STOVED, VANITAS, ANODISES, DEVIS, NOVATE, STEVIA, ADIOSES and 18 more. 1 of the 409 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.