decrements needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 15 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 347 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
decrements is the highest-scoring word from decrements, worth 15 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 347 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in decrements — and it is decrements itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling decrements turns up 6 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is decrement, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 15 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in decrements. If a familiar word is all you need, start with resented. For points, the strongest play is cemented — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in decrements produces 41 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with centers, entered, and steered. For points, the strongest plays are cements and cermets — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling decrements turns up 81 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with center, decent, desert, enters, meters, recent, and rented. For points, the strongest play is emceed — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 86 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in decrements. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cents, deers, enter, meets, meter, needs, and nerds. For points, the strongest plays are creme, emcee, and mercs — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in decrements produces 72 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cent, deer, ends, meet, need, nerd, and nest. For points, the strongest play is merc — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling decrements turns up 34 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with end, men, met, net, red, see, and set. For points, the strongest play is med — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in decrements. If a familiar word is all you need, start with me. For points, the strongest plays are em and me — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
decrements is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record two senses for decrements. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 15 points on a Scrabble board:
decrements is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing decrements unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is decrements, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and no other word from decrements 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 decrements produce 347 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 6 nine-letter words, 15 eight-letter words, 41 seven-letter words, 81 six-letter words, 86 five-letter words, 72 four-letter words, 34 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.