Words that contain 'de' and end in 'yl'


16 words have been discovered for the combination requested.

5 letter words

  • decyl
  • desyl

6 letter words

  • adenyl

7 letter words

  • decatyl
  • decenyl
  • dodecyl
  • undecyl

8 letter words

  • decanoyl
  • hendecyl
  • tridecyl

9 letter words

  • dodecatyl
  • hexadecyl
  • octadecyl

10 letter words

  • heptadecyl
  • pentadecyl
  • tetradecyl

In Scrabble, what's the highest number of points you can get using words containing 'de' and ending with 'yl'?
Our suggestion for a total score of 17 points is to play the word 'hendecyl'.

How many words are possible to put together using the combination you've searched for?
On this page of words that have 'de' in and end with 'yl', you have 16 combinations that can be selected.

Which word that has 'de' in and ends with 'yl' is the most interesting?
You'll notice numerous peculiar words in this list, although our favorite word currently is 'decyl'. According to the Oxford dictionary, 'decyl' means "A hydrocarbon radical, c10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.".

What is the longest word you can create from the combination searched for?
There are 10 characters in the word 'heptadecyl', which makes it the longest word Dictionarypedia has.