Unscramble REGRESSED and you have 130 words, REGRESSED itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. EGRESSED and REGREDES are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from REGRESSED by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 21 with 6, 37 with 5, 33 with 4, 20 with 3 and 6 with 2.
6 of 21 6-letter words you get when you unscramble REGRESSED tie at 8 points; none scores more. DEGREE and EGRESS will look familiar.
37 5-letter words from REGRESSED; 5 of them share the top score of 7. DRESS, SEEDS and EDGES are everyday picks.
5 of 33 4-letter words made with REGRESSED letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. EDGE, SEED and REED will look familiar.
Keep every letter of REGRESSED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
REGRESSED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept REGRESSED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REGRESSED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 94 | 130 | 87 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: REGREDES, REGREDE, GESSED, GREESES, REEDERS, DEERES, DRERES, GREESE, GRESES, REEDER, REEDES, SERRED and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SERGED, SERGERS, SERGER, RESES, EDS, ESSE and GRR, 7 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of REGRESSED spell the words below.