derogating needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 650 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
derogating is the highest-scoring word from derogating, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 650 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in derogating — and it is derogating itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling derogating produces exactly one nine-letter word: dogearing. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in derogating. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are derating, dragonet, garoting and 4 more, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in derogating produces 45 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with adoring, grading and granted. For points, 5 words tie at 10 points, including grading, doggier and goading.
Unscrambling derogating turns up 126 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with danger, daring and dating. For points, 15 words tie at 9 points, including doggie, nagged and rigged.
There are 146 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in derogating. If a familiar word is all you need, start with adore, agent and aging. For points, the strongest plays are gaged and igged — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in derogating produces 178 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aged, dare and date. For points, 25 words tie at 6 points, including aged, drag and gang.
Unscrambling derogating turns up 110 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, ago and aid. For points, 11 words tie at 5 points, including dig, dog and egg.
There are 32 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in derogating. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, an and at. For points, 10 words tie at 3 points, including ad, do and go.
derogating 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.
derogating is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing derogating unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is derogating, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from derogating 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 derogating produce 650 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 11 eight-letter words, 45 seven-letter words, 126 six-letter words, 146 five-letter words, 178 four-letter words, 110 three-letter words and 32 two-letter words.