Hidden inside deedtel is one standout: deleted, a seven-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 28 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
DEEDTEL isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to DELETED (verb, form of delete), to remove written or printed matter, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
deleted is the highest-scoring word from deedtel, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 28 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling deedtel produces exactly one seven-letter word: deleted. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling deedtel produces exactly one six-letter word: delete. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 2 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in deedtel. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is deled, worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 5 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in deedtel. No common everyday answer stands out among these two-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are de and ed, each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
2 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in deedtel plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in deedtel 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 deleted, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from deedtel 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 deedtel produce 28 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 2 five-letter words, 9 four-letter words, 10 three-letter words and 5 two-letter words.