deuterates 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, 366 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
deuterates is the highest-scoring word from deuterates, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 366 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in deuterates — and it is deuterates itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling deuterates turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are deuterate and estreated, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in deuterates. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are detester, reseated, restated and 5 more, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in deuterates produces 23 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dearest, started and steered. For points, 15 words tie at 8 points, including dearest, started and steered.
Unscrambling deuterates turns up 68 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with desert, easter and erased. For points, 36 words tie at 7 points, including desert, erased and rested.
There are 96 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in deuterates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dares, dates and dears. For points, 45 words tie at 6 points, including dares, dates and dears.
Rearranging the letters in deuterates produces 98 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arts, dare and date. For points, 36 words tie at 5 points, including dare, date and dear.
Unscrambling deuterates turns up 54 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ads, are and art. For points, 11 words tie at 4 points, including ads, due and red.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in deuterates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, as, at, and us. For points, the strongest plays are ad, da, de, and ed — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
deuterates 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.
deuterates is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing deuterates unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is deuterates, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from deuterates 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 deuterates produce 366 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 8 eight-letter words, 23 seven-letter words, 68 six-letter words, 96 five-letter words, 98 four-letter words, 54 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.