deterrents needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 11 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 233 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
deterrents is the highest-scoring word from deterrents, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 233 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in deterrents — and it is deterrents itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling deterrents turns up 3 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are deterrent, tenderers, and tenderest, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 15 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in deterrents. If a familiar word is all you need, start with resented. For points, 10 words tie at 9 points, including resented, deserter and detentes.
Rearranging the letters in deterrents produces 28 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with entered and steered. For points, 10 words tie at 8 points, including entered, steered and detente.
Unscrambling deterrents turns up 52 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with desert, enters and rented. For points, 22 words tie at 7 points, including desert, rented and rested.
There are 49 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in deterrents. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deers, enter and needs. For points, 21 words tie at 6 points, including deers, needs and nerds.
Rearranging the letters in deterrents produces 51 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deer, ends and need. For points, 21 words tie at 5 points, including deer, ends and need.
Unscrambling deterrents turns up 25 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with end, net and red. For points, 6 words tie at 4 points, including end, red and dee.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in deterrents. 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.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in deterrents plus one additional letter.
deterrents 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 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record two senses for deterrents. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 11 points on a Scrabble board:
deterrents is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing deterrents unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is deterrents, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from deterrents 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 deterrents produce 233 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 3 nine-letter words, 15 eight-letter words, 28 seven-letter words, 52 six-letter words, 49 five-letter words, 51 four-letter words, 25 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.