The letters in DECADE make 17 words of two letters or more. The longest is DECADE at 6 letters, and the highest-scoring is DECADE at 10 points.
No other single word uses all 6 letters of DECADE. DECADE has 6 letters: 3 vowels and 3 consonants, worth 10 points before any board bonuses.
6-letter words 1
5-letter words 1
ceded9
4-letter words 5
aced7cade7cede7dace7deed6
3-letter words 6
ace5add5cad6cee5dad5dee4
2-letter words 4
ad3ae2de3ed3
Words are from our open word list and include some game-only words. Rude words are left out of this page; the unscrambler shows every valid word, lets you add blank tiles and filter by length.