Unscramble UNSELECTED and you have 278 words, UNSELECTED itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. UNELECTED is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
U12N12S1E1L12E1C34T1E1D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from UNSELECTED split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 6 with 8, 22 with 7, 58 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 14 with 2.
6 of 22 7-letter words you get when you unscramble UNSELECTED tie at 10 points; none scores more. ELECTED, DESCENT and NEEDLES will look familiar.
Of the 58 6-letter words from UNSELECTED, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. SELECT, DELETE and DECENT are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 5-letter words from UNSELECTED tie at 8 points; none scores more. NEEDS, SCENE and CENTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in UNSELECTED, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. NEED, SEND and ENDS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with UNSELECTED letters, CUD leads with 6 points, then CEE and CEL on 5. USE, SEE and SET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of UNSELECTED for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with UN · ending in ED · all 10-letter words
What UNSELECTED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
UNSELECTED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNSELECTED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 278) | 221 | 278 | 200 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
55 of the 278 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCEDULE, DETENUES, SCENED, UNCLED, UNSEELED, CTENES, DENTELS, DETENUE, DETENUS, STEENED, CTENE, DENETS and 43 more. 23 of the 278 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: UNDELETES, DULCES, UNDELETE, DETUNES, DULCE, CENTU, DETUNE, TENDUS, DELTS, EELED, LEDES, TECS and 11 more. 2 of the 278 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT.