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Unscramble DEPARTMENT — 431 words
The letters DEPARTMENT rearrange into 1 full anagram and 431 words in total.
- Total words
- 431
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 10 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 7
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 7 remaining consonants (D, P, R, T, M, N, T).
department in a sentence
“Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of DEPARTMENT
One word uses all 10 letters:
- department
10-letter words
1 word found- department15
9-letter words
1 word found- patterned12
8-letter words
12 words found- attemper12
- attender9
- dampener13
- mattered11
- nattered9
- parented11
- patented11
- pattened11
- pattered11
- permeant12
- rattened9
- tampered13
7-letter words
23 words found- premade12
- tempted12
- tramped12
- prename11
- tempera11
- tempter11
- adepter10
- amender10
- meander10
- predate10
- pretend10
- reedman10
- remated10
- renamed10
- retaped10
+ 8 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
94 words found- dampen11
- damper11
- deperm11
- permed11
- premed11
- ramped11
- tamped11
- temped11
- ampere10
- apemen10
- metepa10
- preman10
- premen10
- tamper10
- temper10
+ 79 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
90 words found- amped10
- remap9
- tempt9
- tramp9
- adeem8
- adept8
- admen8
- amend8
- armed8
- derma8
- drape8
- dream8
- edema8
- emend8
- madre8
+ 75 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
116 words found- damp9
- perm8
- pram8
- ramp8
- tamp8
- temp8
- aped7
- dame7
- damn7
- deem7
- deep7
- deme7
- derm7
- dram7
- made7
+ 101 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
72 words found- amp7
- map7
- pam7
- dam6
- dap6
- dep6
- mad6
- med6
- pad6
- ped6
- ape5
- apt5
- arm5
- eme5
- mae5
+ 57 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
22 words found- am4
- em4
- ma4
- me4
- pa4
- pe4
- ad3
- da3
- de3
- ed3
- ae2
- an2
- ar2
- at2
- en2
+ 7 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside DEPARTMENT
Without moving a single letter, reading department straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — depart, part, art, dep, men, par. The longest unbroken run is depart.
- depart9
- part6
- art3
- dep6
- men5
- par5
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Shorter words inside DEPARTMENT — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DEPARTMENT
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and department opens up 1 11-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).
- department15
- dampener13
- tampered13
- patterned12
- attemper12
- permeant12
- premade12
- tempted12
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
10
Distinct
8
Vowels
30%
E, A, E
Consonants
70%
D, P, R, T, M, N, T
Solving DEPARTMENT: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters department?
Rearranging the 10 letters in department produces 431 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 department here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does department have any anagrams?
Using all 10 letters, department rearranges into exactly one word: department.
What is the longest word you can make from department?
The longest solution is department at 10 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from department?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: department yields amp, and, ane, ant, ape, apt, are, arm, art and ate. 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 "department" used in a sentence?
Department is itself a valid word. For example: "Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from department scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, department is the top scorer from department at 15 points, followed by dampener (13), tampered (13) and patterned (12). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside department?
Read left to right without moving any letters and department already contains 6 shorter words: depart, part, art, dep, men and par. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is depart. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.