Unscramble SPONDEE and you have 148 words, SPONDEE itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of SPONDEE is on the page: DEPONES, each 10 points. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 9 points, OPENED, DEPOSE and DEPONE among them. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of SPONDEE at once for 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50) or 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SPONDEE by length: 2 with 7 letters, 7 with 6, 27 with 5, 57 with 4, 39 with 3 and 16 with 2.
11 of 27 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPONDEE tie at 8 points; none scores more. NEEDS, SPEED and SPEND will look familiar.
Of the 57 4-letter words from SPONDEE, 12 score 7 points, the group's best. NEED, DOES and SEND are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of SPONDEE, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with SP · ending in EE · all 7-letter words
SPONDEE 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 SPONDEE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPONDEE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 148) | 126 | 148 | 120 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: PENED, DOPS, SNOEP, SPOD, DEENS, DOP, NEPS, PENE, SNEED, DEEN, DOEN, NEDS and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: DEPS, DEP, POS, EDS, ESNE and PO.
With one more tile, the letters of SPONDEE spell the words below.