Unscramble DEVELOPES to get 206 words. DEVELOPES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DEVELOPS and DEVELOPE lead with 14 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DEVELOPES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 22 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words from DEVELOPES, PEEVED leads with 12 points, then PEEVES and PELVES on 11. SLEEVE, SOLVED and PEELED are the familiar ones.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVELOPES, PEEVE and VEEPS tie for first at 10 points. SPEED, SLEEP and LOVED are everyday picks.
VEEP tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVELOPES at 9 points; next come DEEV and DEVO on 8. DOES, LOVE and DEEP will look familiar.
DEV scores highest among the 3-letter words from DEVELOPES at 7 points, ahead of DEP and DOP on 6. SEE, OLD and LED are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of DEVELOPES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of DEVELOPES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEVELOPES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVELOPES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 206) | 157 | 206 | 147 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
49 of the 206 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEEVES, DELOPES, DEEVE, DEEVS, DELOPE, DEVOS, LEEPED, DEEV, DEVO, ELPEES, LEVES, OVELS and 37 more. 10 of the 206 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEPS, LEVS, DEP, EELED, LEDES, SEV, LEDE, POS, EDS and PO.
Each word below uses all the letters of DEVELOPES and one more.