281 words come out when you unscramble DEVELOPMENT, starting with DEVELOPMENT itself: 19 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
D2E1V45E1L12O1P34M34E1N12T1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DEVELOPMENT by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 2 with 8, 17 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 10 letters.
EMOVED and PEEVED share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVELOPMENT. DELETE, OPENED and TEMPLE are the ones most people know.
MEVED and MOVED are the top 5-letter words from DEVELOPMENT, 11 points each. MODEL, EVENT and NOVEL will look familiar.
MEVE, MOVE and VEEP share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words in DEVELOPMENT. EVEN, LOVE and MEET are the ones most people know.
VOM tops the 3-letter words made with DEVELOPMENT letters at 8 points; next come DEV and MOP on 7. TOP, END and OLD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DEVELOPMENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NT · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ENVELOPED (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEVELOPMENT is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVELOPMENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 281) | 210 | 280 | 200 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENMOVED, EMOVED, DOVELET, EMPTED, ENMOVE, EVENTED, LEPTOME, MEVED, DEMPT, EMOVE, LEMONED, OVENED and 58 more, 70 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TEENDOM, VOLTED, ELVEN, MENTEE, MENTO, METOL, DEP, EMO, PO and TE, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
With one more tile, the letters of DEVELOPMENT spell the words below.