271 words come out when you unscramble DUPLICATE, starting with DUPLICATE itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. PLICATED is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2U12P34L12I1C34A1T1E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DUPLICATE split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 15 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
4 of 49 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DUPLICATE tie at 11 points; none scores more. UPDATE, DETAIL and PLACED will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from DUPLICATE, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. PLACE, CITED and ACUTE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in DUPLICATE; 12 of them share the top score of 8. PAID, CLIP and ACID are everyday picks.
6 of 60 3-letter words made with DUPLICATE letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. ACT, PUT and DUE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DUPLICATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DU · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
What DUPLICATE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DUPLICATE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUPLICATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 223 | 271 | 210 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
48 of the 271 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PALUDIC, CLIPED, PICULET, PLAUDITE, CLAUTED, DULCITE, PLACIT, CAPLE, CAPUL, CLIPE, PAIDLE, TAPUED and 36 more. 13 of the 271 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DACITE, DUPLET, DULCE, LUCITE, PEDI, CLIT, DEP, LIPA, LIPE, CAL, TEC, DA and 1 more.
These 6 words take every letter of DUPLICATE plus a single extra one.