Hidden inside deguess is one standout: guessed, a seven-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 47 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
DEGUESS isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to GUESSED (verb, form of guess), to form an opinion from little or no evidence, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
guessed is the highest-scoring word from deguess, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 47 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling deguess produces exactly one seven-letter word: guessed. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in deguess. If a familiar word is all you need, start with edges, guess, and seeds. For points, the strongest plays are edges, gudes, and sedge — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in deguess produces 18 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with edge, seed and sees. For points, 5 words tie at 6 points, including edge, dugs and geds.
Unscrambling deguess turns up 12 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with due, dug and gee. For points, the strongest plays are dug and ged — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
2 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in deguess plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in deguess 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 guessed, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from deguess 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 deguess produce 47 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 4 six-letter words, 8 five-letter words, 18 four-letter words, 12 three-letter words and 4 two-letter words.