delineation needs no unscrambling at all — the eleven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 462 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
delineation is the highest-scoring word from delineation, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 462 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eleven-letter word uses the letters in delineation — and it is delineation itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling delineation 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 word is toenailed, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 22 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in delineation. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are anointed, antinode, dateline, delation, deletion, dentinal, dilation, entailed, entoiled, ideation, indolent, iodinate, lentando, lineated, nidation, nonideal, nontidal, taenioid, tideline, and tolidine, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in delineation produces 28 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with edition. For points, the strongest plays are adenine, aliened, annelid, delaine, dentine, edition, eloined, endnote, inedita, intoned, latened, lenited, lentoid, lianoid, lindane, taloned, tenoned, and tolidin — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling delineation turns up 77 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with denial, dental, detail, donate, intend, leaned, and loaned. For points, the strongest plays are aedile, aedine, alined, aneled, anteed, atoned, dalton, delate, denial, denote, dental, dentil, dentin, detail, detain, dilate, donate, donnee, eidola, elated, elodea, endite, ennead, ideate, indene, indent, indite, indole, inlaid, inland, intend, iodate, iodine, ladino, leaden, leaned, linden, linted, loaned, nailed, neoned, nidate, tailed, tanned, tendon, tineid, tinned, and toiled — 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 94 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in delineation. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alien, alone, dealt, eaten, ideal, idiot, and lined. For points, the strongest plays are ailed, anode, anted, danio, dealt, delta, diene, donee, donna, donne, dotal, edile, eland, elide, ideal, ident, idiot, iliad, indie, indol, inned, iodin, laden, lated, lined, loden, naled, nidal, nitid, nodal, noted, oidia, oiled, olden, oldie, teiid, teind, tidal, tilde, tiled, tined, toled, tondi, and toned — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in delineation produces 134 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with date, deal, deli, dial, diet, dine, and done. For points, the strongest plays are adit, aide, dale, date, dato, deal, dean, deet, deil, dele, deli, delt, dene, deni, dent, dial, diel, diet, dine, dino, dint, diol, dita, dite, doat, doit, dole, dolt, dona, done, dote, edit, eide, idea, idle, idol, lade, laid, land, lead, lede, lend, lido, lied, load, lode, loid, need, nide, nidi, node, nodi, odea, olde, teed, tend, tide, tied, toad, toed, and told — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling delineation turns up 74 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aid, and, ant, ate, die, dot, and eat. For points, the strongest plays are ado, aid, and, dal, dan, dee, del, den, die, din, dit, doe, dol, don, dot, eld, end, lad, led, lid, nod, oda, ode, old, tad, ted, and tod — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 30 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in delineation. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, an, at, do, id, in, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ad, da, de, do, ed, id, and od — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 twelve-letter word can be made using all the letters in delineation plus one additional letter.
delineation 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.
Dictionaries record three senses for delineation. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
delineation is the only eleven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing delineation unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is delineation, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from delineation 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 delineation produce 462 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eleven-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 22 eight-letter words, 28 seven-letter words, 77 six-letter words, 94 five-letter words, 134 four-letter words, 74 three-letter words and 30 two-letter words.