Jumble solved
Unscramble DELEGATE — 113 words
The letters DELEGATE rearrange into 1 full anagram and 113 words in total.
- Total words
- 113
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 8 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (E, E, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (D, L, G, T).
delegate in a sentence
“The delegated administration of the law.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of DELEGATE
One word uses all 8 letters:
- delegate
8-letter words
1 word found- delegate10
7-letter words
4 words found- gelated9
- gleeted9
- legated9
- legatee8
6-letter words
8 words found- delate7
- delete7
- eagled8
- eaglet7
- elated7
- gelate7
- legate7
- telega7
5-letter words
17 words found- galed7
- gated7
- glade7
- glede7
- gleed7
- ledge7
- aglee6
- aglet6
- dealt6
- delta6
- eagle6
- eeled6
- gelee6
- gleet6
- lated6
+ 2 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
34 words found- aged6
- edge6
- egad6
- gaed6
- geed6
- geld6
- glad6
- gled6
- agee5
- dale5
- date5
- deal5
- deet5
- dele5
- delt5
+ 19 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
36 words found- dag5
- gad5
- ged5
- age4
- dal4
- dee4
- del4
- eld4
- gae4
- gal4
- gat4
- gee4
- gel4
- get4
- lad4
+ 21 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
13 words found- ad3
- ae2
- ag3
- al2
- at2
- da3
- de3
- ed3
- el2
- et2
- la2
- ta2
- te2
Words hidden inside DELEGATE
Without moving a single letter, reading delegate straight through uncovers 7 shorter words — legate, dele, gate, ate, del, gat, and more. The longest unbroken run is legate.
- legate7
- dele5
- gate5
- ate3
- del4
- gat4
- leg4
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Shorter words inside DELEGATE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DELEGATE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and delegate opens up 5 9-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).
- delegate10
- gelated9
- gleeted9
- legated9
- legatee8
- eagled8
- delate7
- delete7
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
8
Distinct
6
Vowels
50%
E, E, A, E
Consonants
50%
D, L, G, T
Solving DELEGATE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters delegate?
Rearranging the 8 letters in delegate produces 113 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 8-letter answer delegate here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does delegate have any anagrams?
Using all 8 letters, delegate rearranges into exactly one word: delegate.
What is the longest word you can make from delegate?
The longest solution is delegate at 8 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from delegate?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: delegate yields age, ale, alt, ate, dag, dal, dee, del, eat and eel. 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 "delegate" used in a sentence?
Delegate is itself a valid word. For example: "The delegated administration of the law." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from delegate scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, delegate is the top scorer from delegate at 10 points, followed by gelated (9), gleeted (9) and legated (9). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside delegate?
Read left to right without moving any letters and delegate already contains 7 shorter words: legate, dele, gate, ate, del and gat (plus 1 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is legate. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.