Unscramble DUKES and you have 29 words, DUKES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 5 of them, DESK, DUKE and DUSK included. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
Looking for kesud, dusek, desku, kdues, desuk, dsuek, deusk, eksud, eusdk or kseud? They use the same letters as DUKES, so the words on this page are their answers too.
D2U12K5E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DUKES by length: 1 with 5 letters, 12 with 4, 12 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Trade one tile of DUKES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with DU · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
The meaning of DUKES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DUKES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUKES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 29) | 21 | 29 | 18 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KEDS, EUKS, KED, EUK, DEUS, SED, SUD and UDS, 8 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SKED, SUK and EDS, 3 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of DUKES plus a single extra one.