Hidden inside despies is one standout: despise, a seven-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 78 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
DESPIES isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to DESPISE (verb), to loathe, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
despise is the highest-scoring word from despies, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 78 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling despies produces exactly one seven-letter word: despise. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling despies turns up 9 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with speeds. For points, the strongest plays are espied, peised, pissed, and speeds — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 14 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in despies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with seeds, sides and speed. For points, 6 words tie at 8 points, including speed, spied and deeps.
Rearranging the letters in despies produces 28 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deep, dies and dips. For points, 8 words tie at 7 points, including deep, dips and peed.
Unscrambling despies turns up 18 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, dip and ids. For points, the strongest plays are dep, dip, and ped — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
10 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in despies plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in despies 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 despise, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from despies 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 despies produce 78 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 9 six-letter words, 14 five-letter words, 28 four-letter words, 18 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.