Hidden inside dealque 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.
DEALQUE 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 dealque, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 42 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling dealque produces exactly one seven-letter word: equaled. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling dealque 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 dealque 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 dealque 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 dealque. 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 dealque plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in dealque 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 dealque 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 dealque 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.