Hidden inside dealequ is one standout: equaled, a seven-letter play worth 17 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 42 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
DEALEQU isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to EQUALED (verb, form of equal), to be the same as, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
equaled is the highest-scoring word from dealequ, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 42 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling dealequ produces exactly one seven-letter word: equaled. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling dealequ produces exactly one six-letter word: quelea. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 15 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in dealequ produces 14 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deal and lead. For points, the strongest play is quad — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling dealequ turns up 15 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with due, lad, and led. For points, the strongest play is qua — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in dealequ. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad. For points, the strongest plays are ad, da, de, and ed — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
2 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in dealequ plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in dealequ and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is equaled, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from dealequ earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in dealequ produce 42 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 3 five-letter words, 14 four-letter words, 15 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.