Jumble solved
Unscramble DELICATE — 178 words
The letters DELICATE rearrange into 1 full anagram and 178 words in total.
- Total words
- 178
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 8 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (E, I, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (D, L, C, T).
delicate in a sentence
“Haarlem is a very delicate town.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of DELICATE
One word uses all 8 letters:
- delicate
8-letter words
1 word found- delicate11
7-letter words
5 words found- citadel10
- cleated10
- deltaic10
- dialect10
- edictal10
6-letter words
15 words found- aedile7
- atelic8
- ceiled9
- dacite9
- deceit9
- decile9
- delate7
- delict9
- deltic9
- detail7
- dilate7
- elated7
- ideate7
- tailed7
- talced9
5-letter words
30 words found- acted8
- alcid8
- cadet8
- cited8
- clade8
- decal8
- deice8
- dicta8
- edict8
- laced8
- cleat7
- eclat7
- elect7
- ileac7
- telic7
+ 15 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
66 words found- aced7
- acid7
- cade7
- cadi7
- caid7
- cede7
- cedi7
- clad7
- dace7
- dice7
- iced7
- alec6
- cate6
- ceil6
- celt6
+ 51 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
44 words found- cad6
- ace5
- act5
- cal5
- cat5
- cee5
- cel5
- ice5
- lac5
- tec5
- tic5
- aid4
- dal4
- dee4
- del4
+ 29 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
17 words found- ad3
- da3
- de3
- ed3
- id3
- ae2
- ai2
- al2
- at2
- el2
- et2
- it2
- la2
- li2
- ta2
+ 2 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside DELICATE
Without moving a single letter, reading delicate straight through uncovers 5 shorter words — cate, deli, ate, cat, del. The longest unbroken run is cate.
- cate6
- deli5
- ate3
- cat5
- del4
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Shorter words inside DELICATE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DELICATE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and delicate 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).
- delicate11
- citadel10
- cleated10
- deltaic10
- dialect10
- edictal10
- ceiled9
- dacite9
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
8
Distinct
7
Vowels
50%
E, I, A, E
Consonants
50%
D, L, C, T
Solving DELICATE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters delicate?
Rearranging the 8 letters in delicate produces 178 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 delicate here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does delicate have any anagrams?
Using all 8 letters, delicate rearranges into exactly one word: delicate.
What is the longest word you can make from delicate?
The longest solution is delicate at 8 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from delicate?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: delicate yields ace, act, aid, ail, ait, ale, alt, ate, cad and cal. 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 "delicate" used in a sentence?
Delicate is itself a valid word. For example: "Haarlem is a very delicate town." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from delicate scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, delicate is the top scorer from delicate at 11 points, followed by citadel (10), cleated (10) and deltaic (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside delicate?
Read left to right without moving any letters and delicate already contains 5 shorter words: cate, deli, ate, cat and del. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is cate. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.