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Unscramble DEPARTURE — 244 words
The letters DEPARTURE rearrange into 2 full anagrams and 244 words in total.
- Total words
- 244
- Full anagrams
- 2
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (E, A, U, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (D, P, R, T, R).
departure in a sentence
“The time of my departure is at hand.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of DEPARTURE
2 words use all 9 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
- apertured
- departure
9-letter words
2 words found- apertured12
- departure12
8-letter words
4 words found- aperture10
- depurate11
- raptured11
- upreared11
7-letter words
14 words found- adepter10
- erupted10
- pearter9
- perdure10
- predate10
- rapture9
- reputed10
- retaped10
- retread8
- tapered10
- taperer9
- treader8
- updater10
- uprated10
6-letter words
43 words found- depart9
- depute9
- draper9
- pardee9
- parred9
- parted9
- pedate9
- perdue9
- petard9
- prated9
- pureed9
- purred9
- reaped9
- updart9
- update9
+ 28 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
56 words found- adept8
- drape8
- drupe8
- duper8
- padre8
- pared8
- pated8
- perdu8
- preed8
- prude8
- purda8
- raped8
- taped8
- urped8
- apter7
+ 41 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
59 words found- aped7
- deep7
- dupe7
- pard7
- peed7
- aper6
- pare6
- parr6
- part6
- pate6
- pear6
- peat6
- peer6
- pere6
- pert6
+ 44 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
50 words found- dap6
- dep6
- dup6
- pad6
- ped6
- pud6
- ape5
- apt5
- par5
- pat5
- pea5
- pee5
- per5
- pet5
- pur5
+ 35 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
16 words found- pa4
- pe4
- up4
- ad3
- da3
- de3
- ed3
- ae2
- ar2
- at2
- er2
- et2
- re2
- ta2
- te2
+ 1 more 2-letter word
Words hidden inside DEPARTURE
Without moving a single letter, reading departure straight through uncovers 5 shorter words — depart, part, art, dep, par. The longest unbroken run is depart.
- depart9
- part6
- art3
- dep6
- par5
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble apertured.
Shorter words inside DEPARTURE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DEPARTURE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and departure opens up 3 10-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).
- apertured12
- departure12
- depurate11
- raptured11
- upreared11
- aperture10
- adepter10
- erupted10
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
7
Vowels
44%
E, A, U, E
Consonants
56%
D, P, R, T, R
Solving DEPARTURE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters departure?
Rearranging the 9 letters in departure produces 244 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 apertured here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does departure have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 9 letters, departure can be rearranged into 2 words: apertured and departure. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from departure?
The longest solutions run to 9 letters: apertured and departure. Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from departure?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: departure yields ape, apt, are, art, ate, dap, dee, dep, due and dup. 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 "departure" used in a sentence?
Departure is itself a valid word. For example: "The time of my departure is at hand." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from departure scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, apertured is the top scorer from departure at 12 points, followed by departure (12), depurate (11) and raptured (11). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside departure?
Read left to right without moving any letters and departure already contains 5 shorter words: depart, part, art, dep 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.