deke and eked tie for the highest Scrabble score from deke at 9 points. The top 7 of 7 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 four-letter words hiding in deke: one comes from rearranging its letters, and deke itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these four-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are deke and eked, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling deke turns up 3 three-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these three-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are eek and eke, each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 2 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in deke. 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.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in deke and you get a different four-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 3 of the 4 letters, not all of them.
deke 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in deke carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
deke is one of two four-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing deke unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are deke and eked, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from deke 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 deke produce 7 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 four-letter words, 3 three-letter words and 2 two-letter words.