Unscramble DEVELOPING and you have 290 words, DEVELOPING itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DEVELOPING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 8, 19 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 9 letters.
DOVING, GLOVED and VENGED are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVELOPING, 11 points each. GOLDEN, OPENED and LEGEND will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from DEVELOPING, GIVED leads with 10 points, then DELVE and DEVEL on 9. VIDEO, GIVEN and DOING are the familiar ones.
VEEP and VOIP are the top 4-letter words made with DEVELOPING letters, 9 points each. EVEN, LOVE and LIVE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVELOPING, 7 score 7 points, the group's best. END, GOD and DOG are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DEVELOPING for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The meaning of DEVELOPING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEVELOPING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVELOPING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 219 | 289 | 204 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEEVING, DELOPING, DEVLING, DIPLOGEN, PIGEONED, DOVING, PIDGEON, PINGLED, PLINGED, PLONGED, GIVED, LEEPING and 58 more, 70 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DOGPILE, LIPOED, DEVI, DONGLE, ELVEN, VLOG, PEDI, VID, VLEI, VOG, DEP, VIN and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.