Jumble solved
Is DEGENERATE a word? Yes.
DEGENERATE is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 10 letters, worth 12 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 258 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 258
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 10 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 5 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 5 vowels (E, E, E, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (D, G, N, R, T).
degenerate in a sentence
“When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and impiety.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of DEGENERATE
One word uses all 10 letters:
- degenerate
10-letter words
1 word found9-letter words
2 words found8-letter words
4 words found7-letter words
21 words found+ 6 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
38 words found+ 23 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
53 words found+ 38 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
70 words found+ 55 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
52 words found+ 37 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
17 words found+ 2 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside DEGENERATE
Without moving a single letter, reading degenerate straight through uncovers 8 shorter words — generate, genera, gene, rate, ate, era, and more. The longest unbroken run is generate.
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Shorter words inside DEGENERATE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DEGENERATE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and degenerate opens up 3 11-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
10
Distinct
7
Vowels
50%
E, E, E, A, E
Consonants
50%
D, G, N, R, T
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Solving DEGENERATE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters degenerate?
Rearranging the 10 letters in degenerate produces 258 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 10-letter answer degenerate here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does degenerate have any anagrams?
Using all 10 letters, degenerate rearranges into exactly one word: degenerate.
What is the longest word you can make from degenerate?
The longest solution is degenerate at 10 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from degenerate?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: degenerate yields age, and, ane, ant, are, art, ate, dag, dan and dee. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "degenerate" used in a sentence?
Degenerate is itself a valid word. For example: "When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and impiety." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from degenerate scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, degenerate is the top scorer from degenerate at 12 points, followed by generated (11), greatened (11) and renegade (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside degenerate?
Read left to right without moving any letters and degenerate already contains 8 shorter words: generate, genera, gene, rate, ate and era (plus 2 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is generate. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.