Jumble solved
Is DELEGATES a word? Yes.
DELEGATES is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 11 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 291 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 291
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 5
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 5 remaining consonants (D, L, G, T, S).
Anagrams of DELEGATES
One word uses all 9 letters:
- delegates
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
3 words found- delegate10
7-letter words
15 words found6-letter words
36 words found+ 21 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
73 words found+ 58 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
91 words found+ 76 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
57 words found+ 42 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
15 words foundWords hidden inside DELEGATES
Without moving a single letter, reading delegates straight through uncovers 12 shorter words — delegate, legates, legate, gates, ates, dele, and more. The longest unbroken run is delegate.
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Shorter words inside DELEGATES — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DELEGATES
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and delegates opens up 1 10-letter word. 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
9
Distinct
7
Vowels
44%
E, E, A, E
Consonants
56%
D, L, G, T, S
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Solving DELEGATES: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters delegates?
Rearranging the 9 letters in delegates produces 291 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 9-letter answer delegates here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does delegates have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, delegates rearranges into exactly one word: delegates.
What is the longest word you can make from delegates?
The longest solution is delegates at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from delegates?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: delegates yields ads, age, ags, ale, als, alt, ate, ats, dag and dal. 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.
Which word from delegates scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, delegates is the top scorer from delegates at 11 points, followed by delegate (10), legatees (9) and teaseled (9). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside delegates?
Read left to right without moving any letters and delegates already contains 12 shorter words: delegate, legates, legate, gates, ates and dele (plus 6 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is delegate. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.