Unscramble DEVOCALISING to get 433 words. DEVOCALISING itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DEVOICINGS, 17 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 DEVOCALISING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 9 with 10, 28 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2. None has 11 letters.
DEVOICINGS tops the 10-letter words in DEVOCALISING at 17 points; next come VIGILANCES and VOCALISING on 16.
DEVOICING scores highest among the 9-letter words made with DEVOCALISING letters at 16 points, ahead of CLEAVINGS and VICINAGES on 15. ALONGSIDE and VIGILANCE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 8-letter words from DEVOCALISING, the top score is 14, reached by 9. DECISION, AVOIDING and ADVISING are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVOCALISING tie at 13 points; none scores more. INVALID, INVOICE and GLANCED will look familiar.
60 6-letter words in DEVOCALISING; 8 of them share the top score of 12. ADVICE, DIVING and VOICES are everyday picks.
4 of 60 5-letter words made with DEVOCALISING letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. GIVEN, VOICE and VALID will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVOCALISING, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. CODE, GIVE and GAVE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from DEVOCALISING, VAC leads with 8 points, then DEV and DIV on 7. CAN, GOD and DOG are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DEVOCALISING for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with DEVOICING and VOCALISING (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DEVOCALISING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVOCALISING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 433) | 342 | 432 | 310 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 90 of them: DEVOCALISING, DEVOICINGS, VOLCANISED, CLEAVINGS, DISLEAVING, DEVILINGS, VILIACOES, VOLCANISE, DEVLINGS, DISGAVEL, GADOLINIC, INCAVED and 78 more. Words With Friends* skips 32 of them: VISCOIDAL, VOICINGS, DESCALING, VIDEOING, COVIDS, COVINES, DIVINGS, SCIAENOID, CODINGS, COVID, COVINE, ECLOSING and 20 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.