Unscramble DEFAMILIARISES to get 442 words. DEFAMILIARISES itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DEFAMILIARISE, 19 points. The 14 letters split into 7 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DEFAMILIARISES split into 1 with 14 letters, 1 with 13, 2 with 12, 2 with 11, 11 with 10, 33 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
Just 1 of the 13-letter words in DEFAMILIARISES: DEFAMILIARISE, for 19 points.
The best of the 12-letter words made with DEFAMILIARISES letters is FAMILIARISED, 18 points; FAMILIARISES on 17 follows.
Among the 11-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFAMILIARISES, FEDERALISMS leads with 17 points, then FAMILIARISE on 16.
FEDERALISM tops the 10-letter words from DEFAMILIARISES at 16 points; next come DISSIMILAR and FILARIASES on 13.
FARADISMS, MIDLIFERS and MISFIELDS share the top score of 15 among the 9-letter words from DEFAMILIARISES.
60 8-letter words in DEFAMILIARISES; 16 of them share the top score of 14. FAMILIES, FAMILIAR and FEARLESS are everyday picks.
6 of 60 7-letter words made with DEFAMILIARISES letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. FEDERAL, FEMALES and EMERALD will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFAMILIARISES, the top score is 12, reached by 10. FEMALE, FIELDS and FAILED are the familiar ones.
Among the 5-letter words from DEFAMILIARISES, FAMED and FREMD tie for first at 11 points. FIELD, FRAME and FILMS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in DEFAMILIARISES, the top score is 9, reached by 12. FILE, FILM and FEEL are the familiar ones.
EMF, FAM and FEM share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words made with DEFAMILIARISES letters. MAR, FAR and FEE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEFAMILIARISES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 14-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 14-letter words
What DEFAMILIARISES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US accepts DEFAMILIARISES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFAMILIARISES itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 442) | 355 | 435 | 330 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DISFAMES, MADEFIES, MISFARED, DISFAME, FERALISED, FIRMLESS, MISFARES, DIMERISES, DISLEAFS, DISSIMILE, FADAISES, FALSISM and 70 more, 82 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MIDLIFERS, FRAMELESS, MIDLIFER, MIDLIFES, MISFEEDS, MISDEALERS, MISFEED, MISDEALER, MISFED, DELEAFS, FILMIS, DELEAF and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI, 3 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: DEFAMILIARISES and DEFAMILIARISE, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMFS and EMF, 2 in all.