Unscramble DEFALCATING and you have 361 words, DEFALCATING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DEFACING, 15 points. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DEFALCATING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 9, 23 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2. None has 10 letters.
DEFACING scores highest among the 8-letter words in DEFALCATING at 15 points, ahead of CAFTANED and CANFIELD on 14. ANGELICA and INFLATED are the ones most people know.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFALCATING, the top score is 13, reached by 4. LEADING, DEALING and ALIGNED are the familiar ones.
Among the 6-letter words from DEFALCATING, FACADE and FACING tie for first at 12 points. FAILED, ACTING and GLANCE are everyday picks.
DECAF and FACED are the top 5-letter words made with DEFALCATING letters, 11 points each. FIELD, DANCE and FILED will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFALCATING; 7 of them share the top score of 9. FIND, FILE and GIFT are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words from DEFALCATING, CAF leads with 8 points, then DEF and DIF on 7. CAN, ACT and AGE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEFALCATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DEFACING (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFALCATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFALCATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 361) | 294 | 359 | 265 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLIFTED, FALCADE, DECALING, FALDAGE, FANGLED, CAFILA, CANGLED, FEALING, FEATING, AEFALD, AIDANCE, ALGETIC and 53 more, 65 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAFTANED, FANTAILED, DATAFILE, FACIAE, CATAGEN, FACTA, FADEIN, FINCA, GLACED, ANTIFA, CNIDAE, DACITE and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI, 2 in all.